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The Lagoon nebula (M8) in Sagittarius

auteur: W.Promper/Novapix

référence: a-neb65-23012

Image Size 300 DPI: 23 * 15 cm

The Lagoon nebula (M8), 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 5800 light years from us. The nebula is illuminated by several O-type giants within the open cluster NGC 6530 near the center of the nebula.

Keywords for this photo:

ACT05 - ASTRONOMY - BOK GLOBULE - DIFFUSE NEBULA - EMISSION NEBULA - LAGOON - M8 - NEBULA - NGC 6523 - SAGITTARIUS - STAR - STAR FORMATION -