New Hubble view of the Lagoon Nebula

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Press Release

30 July 2015 Astronomy Now

This is a newly released Hubble image of the Lagoon Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 8 and the star cluster NGC 6523. It lies 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Image credit: NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulson Laboratory).
This is a newly released Hubble image of the Lagoon Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 8 and the star cluster NGC 6523. It lies 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Image credit: NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulson Laboratory).
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.

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