The Lagoon nebula (M8) in Sagittarius

by: Jim Misti/Novapix
Reference: a-neb65-23013
Date: 2007-04-24

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.

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