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Gone fishin’? 🎣
We’re wishing a relaxing #FathersDay to all the dads and father figures out there! Enjoy this Hubble view of the Lagoon Nebula, 4,000 light-years away.
Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3CwsVEq
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Messier 8 (The Lagoon Nebula)
Commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula, M8 was discovered in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who, like Charles Messier, sought to catalog nebulous objects in the night sky so they would not be mistaken for comets.Rob Garner (NASA)
