Wallpaper author:
Debojit Chakrabarty
17 May 2023
M8 LAGOON NEBULA
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.
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M8
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