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
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Coral Cooksley of the
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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
at the University of Alabama.
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,
- M8 images by Brad Wallis and Robert Provin
- M8 images by Andjelko Glivar
- More images of M8 and M20
Last Modification: 15 Jun 1999, 23:25 MET