Lagoon Nebula
Cosmic StructuregalacticESTABLISHED
aka M8 · NGC 6523
Universe / Cosmic Web / Lagoon Nebula
Bright emission nebula and active star-forming region in Sagittarius.
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extent110 ly
scale domaingalactic
true distance1.26 kpc
rendered radius82.8 u
directionreal
confidence72%
evidenceestablished
imported fromexpanded-curated
sources
- · Curated expanded catalog (manual)
- · literature (~110 ly across) (dataset)
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same type (cosmic structure)