M8

The Lagoon Nebula, also known as M8, is one of the highlight objects of the night sky – a remarkable region where new stars are being formed. The nebula glows as its gas is energized by the intense radiation from nearby young stars. Click to see and read more

The Lagoon Nebula, M8, is another remarkable region where new stars are being formed. It is a giant glowing cloud of interstellar gas lit up by nearby stars. It is divided by a dark lane of dust and it also contains an embedded cluster NGC 6530 whose stars have been newly formed from the nebular material. Click to see and read more