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 · Famously known as the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 shines by the ionizing ultraviolet radiation of its embedded young stars.

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 …

Aug 10, 2023 · The Lagoon nebula (Messier 8), as captured by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright young stars.

To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. The whole nebula, about 4000 light-years away, is an …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Apr 24, 2023 · The Lagoon Nebula is a vast cloud of gas and dust, spanning approximately 55 light-years across and located approximately 4,100 light-years from Earth. It is an active region of star …