
Swirling dust clouds and bright newborn stars dominate the view in this image of the Lagoon nebula from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. The nebula lies in the general direction of the center of our galaxy in the constellation Sagittarius.
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NASA ID
PIA14728
Date Created
September 16, 2011
Center
JPL
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image
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