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[edit]DescriptionGiant "Twisters" in the Lagoon Nebula (1996-38-464).jpg |
English: This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar "twisters" – eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures – in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) which lies 5,000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. |
Date | 22 January 1997 (upload date) |
Source | Giant "Twisters" in the Lagoon Nebula |
Author | Credit: A. Caulet (ST-ECF, ESA) and NASA |
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Keywords InfoField | Emission Nebulas; Nebulas |
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