Below it in the image is the Lagoon Nebula, or Messier 8 – another stellar nursery glowing about 4,000 light-years away. Virgo cluster. The observatory also got a more detailed, ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its first images, ... (Messier 8 or NGC 6523), estimated to be 4,000 to 6,000 light-years away.

The 100 light-year-long form of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) can be found dominating the lower section of Meyer's image, with the dense starfield near the Milky Way's core serving as a backdrop ...