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                                 2020 June 1
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                   The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula
      Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]Hubble; Processing & Copyright:
                             [6]Diego Gravinese

   Explanation: The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a [7]whirlwind of
   spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two
   long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a [8]light-year long, have
   been formed by extreme [9]stellar winds and intense [10]energetic
   starlight. A tremendously bright nearby star, [11]Hershel 36, lights
   the area. Vast walls of [12]dust hide and [13]redden other hot young
   stars. As energy from these stars pours into the [14]cool dust and gas,
   large temperature differences in [15]adjoining regions can be created
   generating [16]shearing winds which may cause the [17]funnels. [18]This
   picture, spanning about 15 light years, features two colors detected by
   the [19]orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The [20]Lagoon Nebula, also
   known as [21]>M8, lies about 5000 [22]light years distant toward the
   [23]constellation of the Archer [24]Sagittarius.

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