Excerpts from a VST image of the Lagoon Nebula
These excerpts are small sections from a new VLT Survey Telescope (VST) image of the Lagoon Nebula. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright young stars, and is home to young stellar clusters. These data form part of a huge treasure trove of publicly available images from the ESO survey telescopes.
Credit:ESO/VPHAS+ team
About the Image
| Id: | eso1403d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 January 2014, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1403 |
| Size: | 3854 x 2546 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 5000 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Ultraviolet u | Very Large Telescope |
| Infrared i | Very Large Telescope |
| Optical g | Very Large Telescope |
| Optical H-alpha | Very Large Telescope |
| Optical r | Very Large Telescope |