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English: Messier 8 - Messier 20
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula (below) RA: 271,039° Dec: -24,379° M8 - The Lagoon Nebula (NGC 6523) is a giant H II region in the constellation Sagittarius at 4,000-6,000 light years. The nebula contains several Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued as B88, B89 and B296. Messier 20 - "The Trifid Nebula" (above) J2000 RA: 18h 02m 23s Dec: −23° 01′ 48″ NGC 6514, also known as The Trifid Nebula, is an HII region in Sagittarius discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. The object is a combination of an opened cluster of stars, emission nebula, reflection nebula and a dark nebula that divide into three lobes this object. 127ED@600mm Canon EOS 4000D |
| Date | Taken on 8 June 2021, 22:05 |
| Source | Messier 8 - Messier 20 |
| Author | Giuseppe Donatiello from Oria (Brindisi), Italy |
| Flickr tags | messier 8, messier 20, nebulae, sagittarius, hii region, night, sky, space, universe |
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