A Tour of the Region Around The Lagoon Nebula | Vera C. Rubin Observatory
This video provides a tour of the region surrounding the Lagoon Nebula, as seen in this First Look image captured by the National Science Foundation–Department of Energy Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The Lagoon Nebula is the central pink, kidney bean-shaped area that spans much of the image. To the upper-right is the star-forming Trifid Nebula, known as Messier 20. The Trifid Nebula is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the pink region), a reflection nebula (the blue region), and a dark nebula (the dark regions).
The Lagoon Nebula (or Messier 8) is another vibrant stellar nursery glowing about 4,000 light-years away. You can actually spot the Lagoon with just a pair of binoculars or a small telescope. At its heart is a cluster of young, massive stars—their intense radiation lights up the surrounding gas and shapes the swirling clouds into intricate patterns. The Lagoon nebula provides scientists with a great place to study the earliest stages of star formation—how giant clouds collapse, how star clusters take shape, and how newborn stars start to reshape their environment.
Release Date: June 23, 2025
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