NGC 6530

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NGC 6530 is a young open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Sagittarius, located some 4,300 light years from the Sun. It exists within the H II region known as the Lagoon Nebula, or Messier 8, and spans an angular diameter of 14.0′.

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Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, O. De Marco; Acknowledgment: M.H. Özsaraç, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.