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 (upper left) -- in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) which lies 5, 000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9638c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 30 July 2015, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1517 |
| Size: | 608 x 600 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Lagoon Nebula |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
| Distance: | 5000 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical OIII |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical HII |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical SII |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |