The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant emission nebula with an H II region located in the constellation Sagittarius.

Jul 28, 2025 · NGC 6530 is a collection of several thousand stars lying around 4350 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The cluster is set within the larger Lagoon Nebula, a gigantic …

The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. It is an active stellar nursery, an area of dust and gas in space where stars are formed. It lies about 5,000 light …

Sep 5, 2023 · The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8, NGC 6523) is a large emission nebula located 4,100 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. With an apparent magnitude of 4.6 and an apparent size …

Aug 10, 2023 · Ordinary binoculars under a dark sky can bring the Lagoon nebula to you from 5,000 light-years away. Look for it a few degrees above and to the right of the Teapot asterism in the …

A group of young, hot stars in the cloud ionize the nearby gas. As the atoms in the gas recombine, they produce the light emitted by the nebula. Interstellar dust within the nebula absorbs some of this light …

The Lagoon Nebula is one of the most magnificent objects in the sky. The discovery is often attributed to Le Gentil in 1747, but it appears that the nebula was already recorded by Flamsteed in 1680 as a …

Sep 16, 2025 · The Lagoon Nebula (also known as NGC 6523, Messier 8, or Sharpless 25) is located 4,100 light-years away within the Carina-Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

Jun 17, 2021 · Below is a selection of images the Lagoon Nebula - some in which it is paired with the Trifid Nebula - sent to us by BBC Sky at Night Magazine readers and astrophotographers from …

The portion of Lagoon Nebula shown here is dominated by the young triple-star system, named Hershel 36, at the center of the image. Near-infrared light emitted by newly formed stars shines through …