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a round pool just outside the ocean of the Milky Way.
• What's really cool about the Lagoon is that you can see some of the stars that have formed from clouds of gas. You might not spot it with binoculars, but those with small telescopes may notice a small cluster of stars within the nebula. This cluster is known as NGC 6530.
• Fastest sunsets of the year around equinox time
• By late autumn and winter, these nebulae will drift out of the evening sky, so be sure to take a dip in the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae on this moonless September evening.
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