1 M8
We start with the wonderful Lagoon Nebula, M8. With an integrated magnitude of +4.6, it's visible to the naked eye, but low UK altitude doesn't help. A 150mm scope shows a cluster and bright nebula divided by a curving, dark lane. Nebulosity threads through the cluster, the non-cluster part of the nebula appearing brightest. With larger aperture comes even greater detail, another region of nebulosity running east–west to the north of the main nebula. M8 really
