Sentences with phrase «lagoon nebula»

Lambda Sagittarii marks the handle of the Teapot asterism (see below) and points to the famous interstellar cloud, the Lagoon Nebula.

The Lagoon Nebula is widely visible throughout the populated areas of North America.

NGC 6530 is an extremely young open cluster which was formed from the material of the Lagoon Nebula M8, and it is situated well within this diffuse nebula.

The first diffuse nebula discovered was the Orion Nebula, M42, observed telescopically in 1610 by N. Peiresc, followed by M43 (discovered in or before 1731 by De Mairan), the Omega or Swan Nebula, M17 (1745 - 46 by De Chéseaux), the Lagoon Nebula, M8 (1749 by Le Gentil), the Tarantula Nebula, NGC 2070 and the Carina Nebula, NGC 3372 (1751/52 by Lacaille), Messier's 1764 discoveries of the Eagle Nebula, M16 and the Trifid Nebula, M20, and Méchain's 1780 discovery of M78.

NGC 6530 can be glimpsed in many images of the Lagoon Nebula M8.

NGC 6530 was classified as of Trumpler type «II 2 m n» (see e.g. the Sky Catalog 2000), meaning that it is detached but only weakly concentrated toward its center, its stars scatter in a moderate range of brightness, it is moderately rich (50 — 100 stars), and associated with nebulosity (certainly, with the Lagoon nebula).

This region is located west of Alnasl (Gamma2 Sagittarii) and W (Gamma1) Sagittarii, and Kaus Media (Delta Sagittarii); northwest of Kaus Australis (Epsilon Sagittarii); southwest of the Lagoon Nebula (M8) and open cluster NGC 6530; southeast of Kaus Borealis (Lamda Sagittarii) and Nunki (Sigma Sagittarii); and south of the Trifid Nebula (M20).

These images show the Lagoon Nebula, just 4,000 light - years away, in intense detail.

The Lagoon nebula is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky and it can be seen with the naked eye.

Another capture from the DSSM shows the Lagoon Nebula M8 and Trifid Nebula M20, plus the rich star field and faint nebulae surrounding them.

The Lagoon Nebula M8 with a southern hemisphere «flavour».

The Omega nebula (M17) is about 4250 light years away and it is probably closer to the Lagoon nebula than to Eagle nebula.

The RCW catalog breaks this up into the Lagoon nebula proper (RCW 146a), the much fainter Gum 74b nebula next to it (RCW 146b) and the three smaller Sharpless nebulae Sh 2 - 29, Sh 2 - 31 and Sh 2 - 32 further below the galactic plane (RCW 146c).

The young open cluster NGC 6530 associated with the Lagoon Nebula M8 was classified as of Trumpler type «II 2 m n» (see e.g. the Sky Catalog 2000), meaning that it is detached but only weakly concentrated toward its center, its stars scatter in a moderate range of brightness, it is moderately rich (50 — 100 stars), and associated with nebulosity (certainly, with the Lagoon nebula).

As the light of its member stars show little reddening by interstellar matter, this cluster is probably situated just in front of the Lagoon Nebula.

A large area of nebulosity in the direction of the Lagoon nebula.

Contrast enhanced, detail - rich UKS image of the whole Lagoon nebula, which covers an area more than double that of the full moon.

Hubble observed the Lagoon Nebula not only in visible light but also at infrared wavelengths.

April 19 (UPI)-- The Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 28th anniversary with a double portrait of the Lagoon Nebula, a giant, oft - photographed interstellar cloud.

Pictured here: The birth of new stars within the Milky Way's Lagoon Nebula captured by NSF's Gemini South Telescope in Chile.

The new instrument — the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere — has thus far produced stunning views of the Lagoon Nebula, a barred spiral galaxy, and a globular star cluster.

The Lagoon Nebula's name becomes much clearer in a wider field view (opo0417i) when the broad, lagoon - shaped dust lane that crosses the glowing gas of the nebula can be made out.

Among the stunning shots taken this week were those of the Lagoon Nebula, about 3600 light years away from Earth; the 47 Tucanae cluster of several million ancient stars about 15,000 light years from Earth; and the face - on barred spiral galaxy NGC 6744 in the star - rich southern constellation of Pavo, about 30 million light years away.

This new NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the centre of the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name.

Herschel 36 is the main source of ionising radiation for this part of the Lagoon Nebula.

Also known as Sh 2 - 29, Sharpless 29 is located about 5500 light - years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (constellation)-RRB-(The Archer), next door to the larger Lagoon Nebula.

Contrasting views of the Lagoon nebula.

In case you thought your problems were of any significance whatsoever, a new NASA video of the Lagoon Nebula is here to remind you that...

The rest of us will have to make do with these stunning photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the distant star - birthing region known as the Lagoon Nebula.