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The Lagoon nebula (M8) in Sagittarius

author: J.Misti/D.De Martin/Novapix

reference: a-neb65-23011

Image Size 300 DPI: 32 * 21 cm

The Lagoon nebula (M8/NGC 6523), can be visible to the unaided eye as a small bright patch above the large Sagittarius star cloud in the Milky Way. The Lagoon nebula is a star-forming region about 5000 light years from us. The nebula is illuminated by several O-type giants within the open cluster NGC 6530 at left of the  nebula. The view taken with a 800 mm telescope spans about 30 light-years.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - DIFFUSE NEBULA - EMISSION NEBULA - LAGOON - M8 - NEBULA - NGC 6523 - NGC 6530 - OPEN CLUSTER - SAGITTARIUS - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STAR FORMATION -