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This new infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, often called the Lagoon Nebula, was captured by the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula.
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Gas and dust condense, beginning the process of creating new stars in this image of Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula.
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male
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female
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West entrance/exit.
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Platform
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Connection between platforms.
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East entrance/exit.
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Plate 1: Draco and Ursa Minor
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Plate 3: Cassiopeia
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Plate 4: Cepheus
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Plate 5: Gloria Frederici, Andromeda, and Triangula (An obsolete plural form of the name of the constellation Triangulum)
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Plate 6: Perseus and Caput Medusæ
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Plate 7: Auriga
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Plate 8: Lynx and Telescopium Herschilii
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Plate 9: Ursa Major
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Plate 11: Hercules and Corona Borealis
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Plate 16: Aries and Musca Borealis
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Plate 17: Taurus
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Plate 18: Gemini
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Plate 19: Cancer
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Plate 21: Virgo
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Plate 22: Libra
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Plate 23: Scorpio
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Plate 25: Capricornus
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Plate 27: Pisces
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Plate 28: Psalterium Georgii, Fluvius Eridanus, Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Fornax Chemica, and Machina Electrica
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Plate 32: Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica