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Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula

Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula

Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello

 

RA: 271,039° Dec: -24,379°

M8 - The Lagoon Nebula (NGC 6523) is a giant H II region in the constellation Sagittarius at 4,000-6,000 light years. The nebula contains several Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued as B88, B89 and B296.

 

 

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Uploaded on June 15, 2024
Taken in July 2023