M8 and M20, The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas (George Yendrey)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: 4 Sgr · 7 Sgr · 9 Sgr · B296 · B85 · B88 · B89 · LBN 25 · LBN 26 · LBN 27 · LDN 180 · LDN 232 · Lagoon Nebula · M 20 · M 21 · M 8 · NGC 6514 · NGC 6523 · NGC 6526 · NGC 6530 · NGC 6531 · PK006+00.1 · Sh2-25 · Sh2-26 · Sh2-28 · Sh2-30 · The star 4Sgr · The star 7Sgr · The star 9Sgr · Trifid Nebula

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M8 and M20, The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region.

The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way's Scutum-Centaurus Arm.[3] It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764.[4] Its name means 'three-lobe'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (a relatively dense, red-yellow portion), a reflection nebula (the mainly NNE blue portion), and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' in the former that cause the trifurcated appearance also designated Barnard 85).

Both objects are approximately 4100ly from Earth, in the Sagittarius Constellation. Both objects are homes to very active star formation with new observations from Hubble and sources confirming the existence of new star structures.

More detailed information can be found here:
Lagoon Nebula - Wikipedia

Trifid Nebula - Wikipedia

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RA (center)	18h02m46s.897
RA (top/left)	17h58m09s.427
RA (top/right)	18h00m47s.340
RA (bottom/right)	18h07m28s.610
RA (bottom/left)	18h04m44s.180

Dec (center)	-23°37′33″.67
Dec (top/left)	-22°40′40″.26
Dec (top/right)	-24°58′42″.35
Dec (bottom/right)	-24°34′03″.21
Dec (bottom/left)	-22°16′17″.90

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