Detail View: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection: The Sky Towards Sagittarius
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Title:
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The Sky Towards Sagittarius
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Explanation:
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A variety of stars and nebulae [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971111.html ] can be found towards the constellation [ http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/constellations.html ] of Sagittarius [ http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Sagittarius.html ]. Dense fields of stars laced with dark lanes of dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980104.html ] crowd this region [ http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/dfm/uks026.html ] only a few degrees from the center [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970121.html ] of our Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971229.html ]. Prominent nebulae include the red Lagoon Nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980707.html ] (M8) in the lower right and the multicolored Trifid Nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980331.html ] (M20) in the upper right. Recent high-resolution images of these nebulae show unusual features such as funnel-shaped clouds [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980822.html ] and proplyds [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961017.html ] that are not well understood.
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Credit and Copyright:
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D. Malin (AAO), AATB, UKS Telescope [ http://www.roe.ac.uk/ukstu/ukst.html ]
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keyword:
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emission neblua
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facet_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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facet_what:
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Sagittarius
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original url:
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980907.html
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UID:
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SPD-APOD-ap980907
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