The Hourglass Nebula

the brightest condensation of the Lagoon Nebula M8.

This feature sits in the brightest condensation of the Lagoon nebula,

e.g. in the picture below, or our image on the

M8 page.

This image is copyrighted and may be used for private purpose

only. For any other kind of use, including internet mirroring and storing on

CD-ROM, please contact

Coral Cooksley of the

Anglo Australian Observatory.

• More information on this image by David Malin

• Old style version the AAT images of the

  Lagoon Nebula M8

  

  Blue light image of the Hourglass Nebula

  A blue-light CCD image of the innermost part of the Lagoon Nebula, also

  known as the Hourglass. Data by Bill Keel from the

  Lowell Observatory 1.1-meter telescope.

  From Bill Keel‘s

  Messier Picture Gallery

  at the University of Alabama.

  
  

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  Unusually detailed images of M8 features:

• HST images of the Hourglass Nebula in M8

• UKS images of M8 (David Malin)
• More images of M8
• Amateur images of M8,

  more amateur images

• M8 images by Brad Wallis and Robert Provin
• M8 images by Andjelko Glivar
• More images of M8 and M20

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  Hartmut Frommert

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  Christine Kronberg

  ([email protected])

  

  

  

  

  Last Modification: 15 Jun 1999, 23:25 MET