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The Lagoon

M8 · emission nebula · Common

The Lagoon

About 4,100 light-years away, toward the galaxy’s centre.

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Observation status: Not observableSpread too thin to show through a city sky (surface brightness 23.5; it needs 22.0).See this week’s vote

The real thing

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The Lagoon, photographed by Hubble Space Telescope
NASA, ESA, STScI · CC BY 4.0

Record

M8 (NGC 6523)
Object
emission nebula
Rarity
Common
RA
18:03:36.00
Dec
-24:22:48.00
DISTANCE
~4,100 ly
SIZE
~110 × 50 ly
MAGNITUDE
6.0
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0 / 300
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