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NGC 6523, Lagoon Nebula
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NGC 6523, Lagoon Nebula

16/05/2003 1246 views 6 likes 233659 ID

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a pair of half a light-year long interstellar 'twisters' - eerie twisted funnel structures - in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) which lies 5000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.

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