Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1274  ·  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 6553  ·  NGC 6559  ·  The star 4Sgr  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr  ·  Trifid Nebula
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae, Mohammed Dawoud
Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae
Powered byPixInsight

Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae, Mohammed Dawoud
Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae
Powered byPixInsight

Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This is a wide-field image of Lagoon (M8) & Trifid nebulae (M20) in Sagittarius constellation. These nebulae are both star nurseries. The Lagoon nebula is emission nebula mainly composed of Hydrogen gas. The black focal spots in the nebula are protostar collapsing dust clouds called Bok globules. The nebula is brightened by two giant stars in the centre and the open star cluster NGC 6530 above it. In the other side, the Trifid nebula which is composed of Red emission nebula & Blue reflection nebula. It’s called trifid because the dark dust lanes are separating the nebula into three lobes. Its about 5,200 light years distance.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae, Mohammed Dawoud

In these public groups

Cloudy Nights

In these collections

Deep sky objects