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English: Gas and dust condense, beginning the process of creating new stars in this image of Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula. Located four to five thousand light-years away, in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), the nebula is a giant interstellar cloud, one hundred light-years across. It boasts many large, hot stars, whose ultraviolet radiation sculpts the gas and dust into unusual shapes. Two of these giant stars illuminate the brightest part of the nebula, known as the Hourglass Nebula, a spiralling, funnel-like shape near its centre. Messier 8 is one of the few star-forming nebulae visible to the unaided eye, and was discovered as long ago as 1747, although the full range of colours wasn’t visible until the advent of more powerful telescopes. The Lagoon Nebula derives its name from the wide lagoon-shaped dark lane located in the middle of the nebula that divides it into two glowing sections.

This image combines observations performed through three different filters (B, V, R) with the 1.5-metre Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile.

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ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/ R. Gendler, U.G. Jørgensen, K. Harpsøe
Español: Imagen de la Messier 8, también conocida como 'Nebulosa de la Laguna'. Se encuentra a una distancia de cuatro a seis mil años luz de la Tierra en la constelación Sagitario. La nebulosa es una nube interestelar gigante con un diámetro de cien años luz. Tiene muchas estrellas grandes y calientes cuya radiación ultravioleta da al gas y al polvo formas inusuales. Dos de estas estrellas gigantes iluminan la parte más brillante de la nebulosa, conocida como Reloj de Arena, cerca de su centro. Messier 8 es una de las pocas nebulosas de formación estelar visibles a simple vista y fue descubierta ya en 1747, aunque el espectro completo de colores no fue visible hasta que estuvieron disponibles telescopios más potentes. En esta imagen se combinan observaciones realizadas a través de tres filtros diferentes (B, V, R) con el telescopio danés de 1,5 metros de ESO en el Observatorio de La Silla en Chile.
Українська: Газ і пил конденсуються, починаючи процес створення нових зірок. На цьому зображенні Мессьє 8, також відомої як туманність Лагуна. Розташована на відстані чотирьох-п’яти тисяч світлових років від Землі, у сузір’ї Стрільця. Туманність являє собою гігантську міжзоряну хмару діаметром сто світлових років. Вона має багато великих гарячих зірок, ультрафіолетове випромінювання яких надає газу та пилу незвичайних форм. Дві з цих гігантських зірок освітлюють найяскравішу частину туманності, відому як туманність Пісковий годинник, спіралеподібну воронкоподібну форму поблизу її центру. Мессьє 8 — одна з небагатьох зореутворюючих туманностей, видимих неозброєним оком, і була відкрита ще в 1747 році, хоча весь спектр кольорів не було видно до появи більш потужних телескопів. Туманність Лагуна отримала свою назву від широкої темної смуги у формі лагуни, розташованої посередині туманності, яка розділяє її на дві сяючі частини.
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current00:20, 4 March 2014Thumbnail for version as of 00:20, 4 March 20141,841 × 1,808 (2.92 MB)Lmbuga (talk | contribs)Putting the nebula in the center of the image
07:48, 9 August 2012Thumbnail for version as of 07:48, 9 August 20122,027 × 2,064 (1.59 MB)Fabian RRRR (talk | contribs)higher resolution
07:32, 22 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 07:32, 22 April 20101,280 × 1,303 (317 KB)EricHS211 (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) taken by VISTA. NGC 6334 is a vast region of star formation about 5500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. The whole gas cloud is about 50 light-year

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