Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  11 Sgr  ·  4 Sgr  ·  7 Sgr  ·  9 Sgr  ·  B296  ·  B302  ·  B303  ·  B85  ·  B88  ·  B89  ·  B91  ·  IC 1274  ·  IC 1275  ·  IC 4684  ·  IC 4685  ·  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  NGC 6531  ·  NGC 6544  ·  NGC 6546  ·  NGC 6559  ·  NGC 6568  ·  PK005-01.1  ·  PK006+00.1  ·  And 18 more.
M8 & M20 Lagoon & Trifid Nebula, Gebhard Maurer
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M8 & M20 Lagoon & Trifid Nebula

M8 & M20 Lagoon & Trifid Nebula, Gebhard Maurer
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M8 & M20 Lagoon & Trifid Nebula

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The Lagoon and Trifid nebulae are two very famous nebulae in Sagittarius, and both nebulae can be glimpsed with the naked eye (from a dark site), and they are easy to see with binoculars. This picture shows these two nebulae against the background of the dense star fields of the Sagittarius Arm of the Galaxy. The Lagoon nebula (M8) is the larger (and brighter) nebula to the south of the smaller Trifid nebula (M20).

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M8 & M20 Lagoon & Trifid Nebula, Gebhard Maurer