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VISTA's infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8).jpg

This new infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8 , often called the Lagoon Nebula, was captured by the VISTA telescope at ESO ’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. This colour picture was created from images taken through J, H and Ks near-infrared filters, and which were acquired as part of a huge survey of the central parts of the Milky Way . The field of view is about 34 by 15 arcminutes.

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Author: ESO/VVV
Attribution: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1101a/
License: CC BY 4.0
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