M8, M20, and M21

The Lagoon-Trifid nebulae region in Sagittarius

taken from the Digital Sky Survey Messier collection of

Bill Arnett

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This image of the Digital Sky Survey shows the

Lagoon Nebula M8 brightly below center,

the Trifid Nebula M20 slightly right of

top center, and close above left the young open cluster

M21. It shows more stellar clouds, clusters,

and dark and bright nebula on closer investigation. The field is 3 degrees.



Hartmut Frommert

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Christine Kronberg

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Last Modification: 3 Sep 1998, 15:20 MET

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