LBN 25

E514347

LBN 25 is a catalog designation for the bright emission and reflection nebula complex better known as the Lagoon Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius.

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Label Occurrences
LBN 25 canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf H II region ⓘ
emission nebula ⓘ
reflection nebula ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lagoon Nebula ⓘ
M8 ⓘ
Messier 8 ⓘ
NGC 6523 ⓘ
angularSize 90 arcminutes × 40 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 6.0 ⓘ
bestSeenFrom southern hemisphere ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth July ⓘ
catalogDesignation Lynds Bright Nebula 25 ⓘ
containsObject Herbig–Haro objects ⓘ
Hourglass Nebula region ⓘ
dark nebulae ⓘ
open cluster NGC 6530 ⓘ
young stellar objects ⓘ
declination −24° 23′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Giovanni Battista Hodierna ⓘ
discoveryCentury 17th century ⓘ
distanceFromEarth 1250 parsecs ⓘ
4100 light-years ⓘ
dominantEmissionLine H-alpha ⓘ
excitedBy massive O-type stars ⓘ
galacticLatitude −6° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 6° ⓘ
hasColor blue reflection regions ⓘ
pink ⓘ
red ⓘ
hasFeature bright emission regions ⓘ
dark dust lanes ⓘ
reflection nebula patches ⓘ
hasSpectralType H II emission ⓘ
isPopularTargetFor amateur astronomers ⓘ
astrophotography ⓘ
isRegionOf active star formation ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
Sagittarius Arm ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
observedIn Lynds Bright Nebula catalog ⓘ
Messier catalog ⓘ
linked to: Messier catalogue

New General Catalogue ⓘ
partOfCatalog Lynds Bright Nebula catalog ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 03m ⓘ
visibleIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ

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