Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 9 Sgr
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Messier 8, The Lagoon Nebula, is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. Distance to Earth: 4,077 light years

IR data from the IRSA ZTF Data Portal.

Color Mapped:

Red - zr/zi
Green - zg
Blue - zg

 Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

This publication makes use of data products from Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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M8, John Bozeman