Closeup of Filamentary Structure in Trifid Nebula

Esahubble_opo0417d_1024

esahubble_opo0417d June 3rd, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

The dust, silhouetted against glowing gas and illuminated by starlight, cradles the bright stars at the heart of the Trifid Nebula. This nebula, also known as Messier 20 and NGC 6514, lies within our own Milky Way Galaxy about 9,000 light-years (2,700 parsecs) from Earth, in the constellation Sagittarius.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0417d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

View Options View Options

Download Options Download Options

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M 20 • Messier 20 • NGC 6514 • Trifid Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
Esahubble_opo0417d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 2m 26.0s
DEC = -23° 1’ 39.1”
Orientation
North is 130.0° CW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (SII) 673.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0417d_1280
×
ID
opo0417d
Subject Category
B.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
M 20, Messier 20, NGC 6514, Trifid Nebula
Credits
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
Release Date
2004-06-03T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0417d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SII, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength
673, 656, 502
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
270.608295964, -23.0275342557
Reference Dimension
327.0, 327.0
Reference Pixel
165.0, 165.0
Scale
-2.55043486949e-05, 2.55043486949e-05
Rotation
-129.98000000000033
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0417d
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0417d.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2004-05-18T12:00:25-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In

NASA’s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The award is part of NASA’s Science Activation program, which strives to further enable NASA science experts and content into the learning environment more effectively and efficiently with learners of all ages.