Top picture: Lagoon Nebula in Hα and OIII by @bortle8_ben

M 8 · Nebula · Sagittarius

Lagoon Nebula

Also known as NGC 6523 · NGC 6533 · LBN 25

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Type

Nebula

Constellation

Sagittarius

Position (J2000)

18h 03m 41s · −24° 22′ 49″

Discovered

by Guillaume Le Gentil and Giovan Battista Hodierna in 1654

Pictures

3

Typical integration

6 h

Magnitude

5.8

visual

Size

45′ × 30′

Distance

~4,100 ly

Best months

May–Jul

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.