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M 8

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Right ascension: 18h 03m 37.00s
Declination: −24° 23′ 12.0″
Galactic l, b: 5.9575, -1.167

Also known as

20 identifiers

CTB 46GRS G006.00 -01.20GRS G006.20 -01.20Kes 58[L89b] 5.973-01.178LBN 006.06-01.23LBN 25LMH 11M 8MM 10Mol 37NRL 11OCISM 1PMN J1803-2422SH 2-25Villafranca O-018W 29[KC97c] G006.0-01.2LagoonLagoon Nebula

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 6530 SCB 1037	YSO	25.17″	21.48
Cl* NGC 6530 SCB 1020	YSO	33.67″	18.87
Cl* NGC 6530 SCB 1035	OrionV*	40.86″	19.16
HD 164740	ISM	41.04″	9.1
2MASS J18033846-2422315	YSO	45.02″	—
EM* LkHA 106	OrionV*	45.42″	14.2
Cl* NGC 6530 SCB 146	OrionV*	50.84″	16.24
2MASS J18034053-2423321	OrionV*	52.48″	17.09
Cl* NGC 6530 SCB 1040	OrionV*	52.54″	18.48
Her 36SE	YSO	53.91″	10.37
GAL 005.97-01.17	HIIReg	55.33″	—

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/m-8 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.