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Our wide-angle image shows Messier 8 in the center, the Lagoon Nebula and the wider surroundings. The Lagoon Nebula is a large star formation region and contains several dark protostellar clouds, such as called globules, whose diameter is about 10,000 AU. In the optical brightest part of the nebula is a region which, because of its appearance is called the Hourglass Nebula.
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Center of the nebula is the young open star cluster NGC 6530, which consists of
the material of the mist and now makes it glow. Messier 8 was discovered in 1654 by Giovanni Battista Hodierna. The discovery of NGC 6530 will be presented to John Flamsteed in the Attributed to the year 1680. « Click here or the thumbnail to load a large image with object annotation Higher resolution images of Messier 8 we show here (sorry, only in german language) top of page |
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