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Messier 8 and Messier 20
Messier 8 and Messier 20
Credit: ESO/Dss2, Giuseppe Donatiello (colorized plates)
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Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula (below (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.
Messier 20 - "The Trifid Nebula" (above)
NGC 6514, is an HII region in Sagittarius discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764.
The object is a combination of an opened cluster of stars, emission nebula, reflection nebula and a dark nebula that divide into three lobes this object.
Messier 8 and Messier 20
Messier 8 and Messier 20
Credit: ESO/Dss2, Giuseppe Donatiello (colorized plates)
This image is distributed as CC0 but for its use please refer to what is indicated in the info here: www.flickr.com/people/133259498@N05/
Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula (below (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.
Messier 20 - "The Trifid Nebula" (above)
NGC 6514, is an HII region in Sagittarius discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764.
The object is a combination of an opened cluster of stars, emission nebula, reflection nebula and a dark nebula that divide into three lobes this object.