﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2023 June 19 [2]The center of the Lagoon Nebula is pictured in false colors. Toward the center left, dark dust swirls around glowing gas and bright stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]Hubble; Processing: [6]Francisco Javier Pobes Serrano Explanation: The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a [7]whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a [8]light-year long, have been formed by extreme [9]stellar winds and intense [10]energetic starlight. A tremendously bright nearby star, [11]Herschel 36, lights the area. Vast walls of [12]dust hide and [13]redden other hot young stars. As energy from these stars pours into the [14]cool dust and gas, large temperature differences in [15]adjoining regions can be created generating [16]shearing winds which may cause the [17]funnels. This picture, spanning about 15 light years, combines images taken in four colors by the [18]orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The [19]Lagoon Nebula, also known as [20]M8, lies about 5000 [21]light years distant toward the [22]constellation of the Archer ([23]Sagittarius). Tomorrow's picture: large galactic bird __________________________________________________________________ [24]< | [25]Archive | [26]Submissions | [27]Index | [28]Search | [29]Calendar | [30]RSS | [31]Education | [32]About APOD | [33]Discuss | [34]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [35]Robert Nemiroff ([36]MTU) & [37]Jerry Bonnell ([38]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [39]Specific rights apply. [40]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [41]ASD at [42]NASA / [43]GSFC, [44]NASA Science Activation & [45]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2306/LagoonCenter_HubblePobes_3979.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://www.esa.int/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html 6. https://www.instagram.com/javierpobes/ 7. https://youtu.be/bjb7QtMEBUg?t=144 8. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question19.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html 10. https://science.nasa.gov/ems/10_ultravioletwaves 11. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995ApJ...445L.153S/abstract 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010813.html 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_reddening 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010914.html 15. https://preview.redd.it/kneuqv5l7n461.jpg?auto=webp&s=2d7a7748018051ddcd76a8abbcb01b9c2dc674fa 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear 17. https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/1996/38/462-Image.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010806.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181112.html 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula 21. https://www.glyphweb.com/esky/concepts/lightyear.html 22. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/constellations/en/ 23. https://stardate.org/astro-guide/sagittarius-archer-0 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230618.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 33. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230619 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230620.html 35. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 36. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 37. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 38. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 39. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 40. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 41. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 42. https://www.nasa.gov/ 43. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 44. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 45. http://www.mtu.edu/