Giant 'Twisters' in the Lagoon Nebula
This Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar 'twisters' -- eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures (upper left) -- in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) which lies 5, 000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
Id: | opo9638c |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 30 July 2015, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic1517 |
Size: | 608 x 600 px |
About the Object
Name: | Lagoon Nebula |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
Distance: | 5000 light years |
Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical OIII |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical HII |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical SII |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |