This recent Image of Messier 8, or the
Lagoon Nebula, was taken during February 12-18, 2018, using the Hubble Telescope's Wide Field Camera.
M8, the
Lagoon Nebula in the summer sky (facing page), shows even better.
EoACA[pounds sterling]The lunar eclipse of June 26 will occur at the moonEoACAOs ascending node in western Sagittarius, about three degrees east of the
Lagoon Nebula.EoACA[yen]
* A panorama titled "Inside the
Lagoon Nebula," showing a whirlwind of spectacular star formation some five light years across.
Within this constellation is M8, the
Lagoon nebula,another example of an emission nebula like M42.
Six that are both prominent and well-known are: the Cygnus Star Cloud, the Scutum Star Cloud, the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud, the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24), the
Lagoon Nebula (M8), and the big open star cluster M 7.
Binoculars and telescopes reveal dozens of star clusters and nebulae in Sagittarius, none finer than M8 (the
Lagoon Nebula), M17 (the Omega or Swan Nebula), dimmer M20 (the Trifid Nebula) and the great globular cluster M22.
On September 6th, Saturn halts its retrograde (westward) motion 2[degrees] above or upper left of M8 (the
Lagoon Nebula) and east of M20 (the Trifid Nebula), and slowly begins to move eastward in northern Sagittarius.
Now sweep westward to M8, the
Lagoon Nebula, in the Milky Way cloud that rises like steam from the Teapot's spout.