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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Nov-2022 12:23:16 UTC Robert McNees

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   The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the Lagoon Nebula for its 28th anniversary in 2018. The image shows a region about 4 light years across; the entire nebula is roughly 55 light years high by 20 light years wide.

   The Lagoon Nebula is a bit over 4000 light years away. The light in this image left the nebula around the same time the Middle Kingdom period in Egypt was getting underway.

   Image: NASA, ESA, STScI
   https://esahubble.org/images/heic1808a/