COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Record
Title:
The Sky Towards Sagittarius
Explanation:
A variety of stars and nebulae [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] can be found towards the constellation [ http://www.astro.wi… ] of Sagittarius [ http://www.astro.wi… ]. Dense fields of stars laced with dark lanes of dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] crowd this region [ http://www.aao.gov.… ] only a few degrees from the center [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] of our Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ]. Prominent nebulae include the red Lagoon Nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] (M8) in the lower right and the multicolored Trifid Nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] (M20) in the upper right. Recent high-resolution images of these nebulae show unusual features such as funnel-shaped clouds [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] and proplyds [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] that are not well understood.
keyword:
emission neblua
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Sagittarius
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap980907
