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Lagoon Nebula facts for kids

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New Hubble view of the Lagoon Nebula
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The Lagoon nebula, also known as Messier 8 and NGC 6523, is an emission nebula, H II region and interstellar cloud in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is about 4,100 light-years away from Earth.


Images for kids

  • M8 Lagoon Nebula - M20 Trifid Nebula

    Lagoon Nebula in HaRGB

  • Lagoon and Trifid from Los Angeles

    Lagoon and Trifid nebulae

  • Lagoon Nebula

    Image combined through three different filters (B, V, R) with a 1.5-metre telescope

  • M8 Lagoon Nebula from the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Schulman Telescope courtesy Adam Block

    Center of the Lagoon Nebula

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Nebulosa de la Laguna para niños

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