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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6008.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6008. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Interstellar Medium, Interstellar Medium Objects

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M8 is a diffuse nebula also known as the `LAGOON NEBULA' because of the dark band separating it into two bright parts. The nebula is associated with an open star cluster (NGC 6530) which can be seen with the naked eye in the constellation Sagittarius to the southeast of the bright nebula M20. The cluster was first discovered by Flamsteed around 1680 (he was the first Astronomer Royal and publish...

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