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Giant 'Twisters' in the Lagoon Nebula

This Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar 'twisters' ? eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures ? in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) which lies 5,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.

Credit: A. Caulet (ST-ECF, ESA) and NASA

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Id:	opo9638b
Object:	Lagoon Nebula, M 8, NGC 6523, Herschel 36, Messier 8
Type:	Nebula
Instru-ment:	WFPC2
Width:	742
Height:	753

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Giant 'Twisters' in the Lagoon Nebula

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