VST images the Lagoon Nebula
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright young stars, and is home to young stellar clusters. This image is a tiny part of just one of eleven public surveys of the sky now in progress using ESO telescopes. Together these are providing a vast legacy of publicly available data for the global astronomical community.
Credit:ESO/VPHAS+ team
About the Image
| Id: | eso1403a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 January 2014, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1403 |
| Size: | 16358 x 11184 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 5000 light years |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 18 3 36.99 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 23' 12.97" |
| Field of view: | 58.12 x 39.74 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Ultraviolet u | VLT Survey Telescope |
| Infrared i | VLT Survey Telescope |
| Optical g | VLT Survey Telescope |
| Optical r | VLT Survey Telescope |
| Optical H-alpha | VLT Survey Telescope |