Credit & Copyright: Gabriel Rodrigues Santos
Explanation:
These three bright nebulae are often featured on telescopic tours of the
constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of
the central Milky Way.
In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist
Charles
Messier
cataloged two of them;
M8,
the large nebula below and right of center,
and colorful M20
near the top of the frame.
The third emission region includes
NGC 6559, left of M8 and
separated from the larger nebula by a dark dust lane.
All three are stellar nurseries about
five thousand light-years or so distant.
Over a hundred light-years across the expansive M8
is also known as the Lagoon Nebula.
M20's popular moniker is the Trifid.
Glowing hydrogen gas creates the dominant red color of the
emission nebulae.
But for striking contrast, blue hues in the
Trifid are due to dust reflected starlight.
The
broad interstellarscape
spans almost 4 degrees or 8 full moons on the sky.
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