Full HST WFPC2 image of Trifid Nebula

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esahubble_opo0417g June 3rd, 2004

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

Three huge intersecting dark lanes of interstellar dust make the Trifid Nebula one of the most recognizable and striking star birth regions in the night sky. The dust, silhouetted against glowing gas and illuminated by starlight, cradles the bright stars at the heart of the Trifid. This nebula, also known as Messier 20 and NGC 6514, lies within our own Milky Way Galaxy about 9,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Sagittarius. This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, offers a close-up view of the center of the Trifid Nebula, near the intersection of the dust bands, where a group of recently formed, massive, bright stars is easily visible.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0417g/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

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

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 2m 21.8s
DEC = -23° 2’ 4.8”
Orientation
North is 130.0° CW
Field of View
4.8 x 4.8 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
Spectrum_base
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ID
opo0417g
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/opo0417g/
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
270.5908695, -23.0346718
Reference Dimension
3164.0, 3188.0
Reference Pixel
1583.0, 1595.0
Scale
2.53101712935e-05, 2.52568070228e-05
Rotation
-130
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo0417g
Metadata Date
2004-05-13T14:42:25-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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