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Closeup of Proplyd in Trifid Nebula

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esahubble_opo0417e June 3rd, 2004

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

The Trifid 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/opo0417e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 2m 23.3s; DEC = -23° 1’ 35.0”
Orientation: North is 129.9° CW
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

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

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ID: opo0417e
Subject Category: B.4.2.1.1 B.4.2.3.3
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
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0417e/

Type: Observation
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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

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 270.596969658, -23.0263932628
Reference Dimension: 270.0, 270.0

Reference Pixel: 135.0, 135.0
Scale: -8.41845149219e-06, 8.41845149219e-06
Rotation: -129.92
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0417e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0417e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2004-05-18T12:01:01-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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