Lagoon Nebula
Emission nebula and H II region in Sagittarius
Also known as Messier 8 · Sharpless 25 · GUM 72
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Overview
All data
31 statements · 68% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- M 8 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 6523 catalog: New General Catalogue
- RCW 146 catalog: RCW Catalogue
- LBN 006.06-01.23 catalog: Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae
1
- LBN 25 catalog: Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae
1
- SH 2-25 catalog: A Catalogue of H II Regions
1
- CTB 46 catalog: A survey of galactic radiation at 960 MC/S
1
- Kes 58 catalog: A catalogue of galactic radio sources
1
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- LMH 11 catalog: A radio survey of the galactic plane at a frequency of 408 MHz. I. The discrete sources
1
- OCISM 1 catalog: Catalog of open clusters and associated interstellar matter
1
- [L89b] 5.973-01.178 catalog: A survey of radio HII regions in the northern sky
1
- M 8 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered
- 1654
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- 1654
- Distance from Earth
- 4,100 ly
1
- 4,100 ly
- Apparent magnitude
- 6 astronomical filter: V band
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- 6 astronomical filter: V band
- Declination
- -24.3867 degree
1
- -24.3867 degree
- Right ascension
- 270.9042 degree
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- 270.9042 degree
- Radial velocity
- 3.8 kilometre per second
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- 3.8 kilometre per second
On other databases
5 identifiers linking Lagoon Nebula across the web's reference databases