Panning across the Lagoon Nebula
This video pans over NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations of the Lagoon Nebula.
This nebula is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.
Credit:NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulson Laboratory)
About the Video
Id: | heic1517b |
Release date: | 30 July 2015, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1517 |
Duration: | 25 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Herschel 36, Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8, NGC 6523 |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
Category: | HD Nebulae |