Infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula
To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. Using its infrared capabilities, the telescope was able to peer through the thick clouds of dust and gas.
The most obvious difference between Hubble’s infrared and visible images of this region is the abundance of stars that fill the field of view in the infrared. Most of them are more distant, background stars located behind the nebula. However, some of them are young stars within the Lagoon Nebula itself.
Credit:NASA, ESA, STScI
About the Image
| Id: | heic1808b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 April 2018, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1808 |
| Size: | 4782 x 6028 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Lagoon Nebula |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 4000 light years |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 18 3 39.43 |
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| Position (Dec): | -24° 22' 49.71" |
| Field of view: | 3.19 x 4.02 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 45.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared J | 1.25 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |