{"id":15885,"date":"2018-04-19T15:48:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T19:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15885"},"modified":"2018-04-19T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T19:48:10","slug":"hubble-telescope-28th-anniversary-celebrated-with-a-visit-to-the-lagoon-nebula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15885","title":{"rendered":"Hubble Telescope: 28th anniversary celebrated with a visit to the Lagoon Nebula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some beautiful pictures of the Lagoon Nebula from the Hubble:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/news\/heic1808\/?lang\" target=\"_d\">Hubble celebrates 28th anniversary<br \/>\nwith a trip through the Lagoon Nebula<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15886\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/heic1808a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15886\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15886\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808a1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,882\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;NASA, ESA, STScI&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. The whole nebula, about 4000 light-years away, is an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This image shows only a small part of this turbulent star-formation region, about four light-years across. This stunning nebula was first catalogued in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who sought to record nebulous objects in the night sky so they would not be mistaken for comets. Since Hodierna\\u2019s observations, the Lagoon Nebula has been photographed and analysed by many telescopes and astronomers all over the world. The observations were taken by Hubble\\u2019s Wide Field Camera 3 between 12 February and 18 February 2018.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1524153600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Hubble&#039;s 28th birthday picture: The Lagoon Nebula&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hubble&amp;#8217;s 28th birthday picture: The Lagoon Nebula\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. The whole nebula, about 4000 light-years away, is an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This image shows only a small part of this turbulent star-formation region, about four light-years across. This stunning nebula was first catalogued in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who sought to record nebulous objects in the night sky so they would not be mistaken for comets. Since Hodierna\u2019s observations, the Lagoon Nebula has been photographed and analysed by many telescopes and astronomers all over the world. The observations were taken by Hubble\u2019s Wide Field Camera 3 between 12 February and 18 February 2018.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808a1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15886\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808a1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808a1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. The whole nebula, about 4000 light-years away, is an incredible 55 light-years wide and 20 light-years tall. This image shows only a small part of this turbulent star-formation region, about four light-years across. This stunning nebula was first catalogued in 1654 by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna, who sought to record nebulous objects in the night sky so they would not be mistaken for comets. Since Hodierna\u2019s observations, the Lagoon Nebula has been photographed and analysed by many telescopes and astronomers all over the world. The observations were taken by Hubble\u2019s Wide Field Camera 3 between 12 February and 18 February 2018. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/heic1808a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larger versions<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text_intro pr_first\">This colourful cloud of glowing interstellar gas is just a tiny part of the Lagoon Nebula, a vast stellar nursery. This nebula is a region full of intense activity, with fierce winds from hot stars, swirling chimneys of gas, and energetic star formation all embedded within a hazy labyrinth of gas and dust. Hubble used both its optical and infrared instruments to study the nebula, which was observed to celebrate Hubble\u2019s 28th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wR8tvBb7vAA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since its launch on 24 April 1990, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spacetelescope.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>\u00a0has revolutionised almost every area of observational astronomy. It has offered a new view of the Universe and has reached and surpassed all expectations for a remarkable 28 years. To celebrate Hubble\u2019s legacy and the long international partnership that makes it possible, each year ESA and NASA celebrate the telescope\u2019s birthday with a spectacular new image. This year\u2019s anniversary image features an object that has already been observed several times in the past: the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagoon_Nebula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lagoon Nebula<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_15887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15887\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/heic1808b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15887\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15887\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808b1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,882\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;NASA, ESA, STScI&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. Using its infrared capabilities, the telescope was able to peer through the thick clouds of dust and gas. The most obvious difference between Hubble\\u2019s infrared and visible images of this region is the abundance of stars that fill the field of view in the infrared. Most of them are more distant, background stars located behind the nebula. However, some of them are young stars within the Lagoon Nebula itself.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1524153600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. Using its infrared capabilities, the telescope was able to peer through the thick clouds of dust and gas. The most obvious difference between Hubble\u2019s infrared and visible images of this region is the abundance of stars that fill the field of view in the infrared. Most of them are more distant, background stars located behind the nebula. However, some of them are young stars within the Lagoon Nebula itself.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808b1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15887\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808b1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1808b1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>To celebrate its 28th anniversary in space the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the Lagoon Nebula. Using its infrared capabilities, the telescope was able to peer through the thick clouds of dust and gas. The most obvious difference between Hubble\u2019s infrared and visible images of this region is the abundance of stars that fill the field of view in the infrared. Most of them are more distant, background stars located behind the nebula. However, some of them are young stars within the Lagoon Nebula itself. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/heic1808b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larger images<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagoon_Nebula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lagoon Nebula<\/a>\u00a0is a colossal object 55 light-year wide and 20 light-years tall. Even though it is about 4000 light-years away from Earth, it is three times larger in the sky than the full Moon. It is even visible to the naked eye in clear, dark skies. Since it is relatively huge on the night sky, Hubble is only able to capture a small fraction of the total nebula. This image is only about four light-years across, but it shows stunning details.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPjzEeg1sqI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for this nebula\u2019s name may not be immediately obvious in this image. It becomes clearer only in a wider field of view, when the broad, lagoon-shaped dust lane that crosses the glowing gas of the nebula can be made out. This new image, however, depicts a scene at the very heart of the nebula.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLDIJO3-JeE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like many stellar nurseries, the nebula boasts many large, hot stars. Their ultraviolet radiation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ionization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ionises<\/a>\u00a0the surrounding gas, causing it to shine brightly and sculpting it into ghostly and other-worldly shapes. The bright star embedded in dark clouds at the centre of the image is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/simbad.u-strasbg.fr\/simbad\/sim-id?Ident=NAME+Herschel+36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herschel 36<\/a>. Its radiation sculpts the surrounding cloud by blowing some of the gas away, creating dense and less dense regions.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_15888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15888\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/heic1517b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15888\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1517b1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,701\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around the Lagoon Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 8. This nebula is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438268400&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Wide-field view of the Lagoon Nebula (ground-based image)&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wide-field view of the Lagoon Nebula (ground-based image)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around the Lagoon Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 8. This nebula is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1517b1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15888\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1517b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1517b1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1517b1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heic1517b1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around the Lagoon Nebula, otherwise known as Messier 8. This nebula is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust. [ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/heic1517b\/\">Larger images<\/a> ]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>Among the sculptures created by Herschel 36 are two interstellar twisters \u2014 eerie, rope-like structures that each measure half a light-year in length. These features are quite similar to their namesakes on Earth \u2014 they are thought to be wrapped into their funnel-like shapes by temperature differences between the hot surfaces and cold interiors of the clouds. At some point in the future, these clouds will collapse under their own weight and give birth to a new generation of stars.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6u_vgJxM0gY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hubble observed the Lagoon Nebula not only in visible light but also at infrared wavelengths. While the observations in the optical allow astronomers to study the gas in full detail, the infrared light cuts through the obscuring patches of dust and gas, revealing the more intricate structures underneath and the young stars hiding within it. Only by combining optical and infrared data can astronomers paint a complete picture of the ongoing processes in the nebula.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Check out this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetelescope.org\/images\/comparisons\/heic1808a\/\" target=\"_d\">Slider comparison of the Lagoon Nebula in optical and infrared images<\/a>. This video also shows a slide comparison:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8iBx4nqWKn4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some beautiful pictures of the Lagoon Nebula from the Hubble: Hubble celebrates 28th anniversary with a trip through the Lagoon Nebula This colourful cloud of glowing interstellar gas is just a tiny part of the Lagoon Nebula, a vast stellar nursery. This nebula is a region full of intense activity, with fierce winds from hot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15885\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hubble Telescope: 28th anniversary celebrated with a visit to the Lagoon Nebula<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-48d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12527,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12527","url_meta":{"origin":15885,"position":0},"title":"Hubble captures marvelous view of the Bubble Nebula to celebrate 26 years in orbit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"ESA\/Hubble\u00a0celebrates 26 years in orbit with a wonderful new image of the\u00a0Bubble Nebula. 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