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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.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on October 11, 2024
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