Image Details
Category
Nebula
Telescope
Williams Optics UltraCat 108
Camera
ZWO ASI2600MM
Location
Starfront Observatory, Rockwood,Texas
Captured
2026-07-22
About this image
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. Discovered by Giovanni Hodierna in 1654, it is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes[5][6] (the other being the Orion Nebula).
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