SpazeStar-forming nebula, M8
Lagoon Nebula
A pink cloud split by a dark lane of dust, bright enough to see with binoculars from a dark site.
- Distance
- 4,100 light years
- Width
- 110 light years
Gas
- Hydrogen 90%
- Helium 9%
- Oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, carbon 1%
Glowing gas lit by young stars: red from hydrogen, teal from oxygen, threaded with dark dust
Measured by emission-line spectroscopy (Hubble, JWST)