Daily Dose of space #2!

the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, the bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years distant Part of the constellation Sagittarius, toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Dominated by the telltale red emission of ionized hydrogen atoms recombining with stripped electrons, this stunning, deep view of the Lagoon is nearly 100 light-years across.

I LOVE THIIIIS