The Lagoon nebula, M8, and the Trifid nebula, M20, are two prominent nebulae in the constellation Sagittarius. They are bright objects in an image field of galactic dust and an inordinate number or stars. They rise high in the sky of the northern hemisphere during the summer months. 

This image was made with a Nikon Z7 and a Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF lens at f/5.6. Total exposure time was 10 minutes via 10 1-minute exposures at ISO 1600. Tracking was done with an Astrotrac TT320x. Image stacking was done with Deep Sky Stacker. Final image processing was done in Capture One.