NGC 6559: East of the Lagoon

Spin your telescope supreme east of the Lagoon Nebula to acquire this alluring field of test out in the rich starfields of the constellation Sagittarius toward the central Milky Components. Of route the Lagoon nebula would possibly per chance be identified as M8, the eighth object listed in Charles Messier’s smartly-known catalog of sparkling nebulae and superstar clusters. Discontinuance on the sky however a miniature fainter than M8, this complicated of nebulae became not illustrious of Messier’s checklist even supposing. It contains obscuring mud, striking red emission and blue reflection nebulae of superstar-forming narrate NGC 6559 at supreme. Fancy M8, NGC 6559 is found about 5,000 mild-years away alongside the fringe of a huge molecular cloud. At that distance, this telescopic frame almost about 3 paunchy moons extensive would span about 130 mild-years. Global Moon Occasion: NASA’s Night Sky Network: Saturday, October 9