Lagoon Nebula

Nebula

A vast stellar nursery visible to the naked eye, containing a young star cluster embedded within its glowing gas.

Facts

TypeNebula
Nebula typeEmission
Distance from Earth4,100 ly
Diameter1,040,000,000,000,000 km
Mass1.99 × 10^33 kg
Temperature9,727°C
Apparent magnitude4.6
Redshift0
HemisphereSouthern
Discovered1654

Lagoon Nebula in context

At 1,040,000,000,000,000 km across, Lagoon Nebula is 81,619,839,900 times the diameter of Earth.

Its mass is 333,054,253 times the mass of Earth.

The light reaching us from Lagoon Nebula tonight left it around 4,100 years ago.

An average temperature of 10,000 K works out at 9,727 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1654.

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