SPX-4-1805
False-colour IR · R 3.29 / G 1.91 / B 0.85 µmN↑ E←
B1 0.75B2 1.11B3 1.66B4 2.44B5 3.83B6 4.434.99 µm
NebulaSagittarius≈ 4,100 ly
Lagoon Nebula
M8 · NGC 6523
A giant interstellar cloud with an embedded young cluster (NGC 6530) and dark Bok globules.
Why it matters at 0.75–5 µm
Brackett and Paschen hydrogen recombination lines fall inside SPHEREx's range.
Identity
RA (ICRS)18h 03m 37.0s
Dec (ICRS)−24° 23′ 12″
Object typeEmission nebula
ClassificationLiterature (SIMBAD-equivalent)
SPHEREx data
Order-5 tileSPX-5-7222
Cube pixel(393, 301)
Channels102 · 0.75–5.0 µm
Flagged channels…
SPHEREx spectrum at Lagoon Nebula
DR1 calibrated cubeFITS
Npix7222_cube.fits · pixel (393, 301) — single 12.9″ pixel at the catalogue position, not an aperture photometry measurement.
Reading 306 values from the 320 MB cube with byte-range requests… 0.0s
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