Trifid Nebula in visible light

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eso_eso1504g February 4th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Gábor Tóth

This picture shows a familiar visible-light view of the Trifid Nebula from a small telescope on the ground.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1504g/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M 20 Messier 20 Trifid Nebula
Subject - Solar System
Nebula > Appearance > Emission
Nebula > Appearance > Reflection
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 2m 2.9s
DEC = -22° 57’ 22.1”
Orientation
North is 129.6° CCW
Field of View
29.0 x 20.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius
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ID
eso1504g
Subject Category
A.4.2.1   A.4.2.2   A.4.2.3  
Subject Name
M 20, Messier 20, Trifid Nebula
Credits
ESO/Gábor Tóth
Release Date
2015-02-04T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1504g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
270.512048976, -22.9561379467
Reference Dimension
3840.0, 2708.0
Reference Pixel
1920.0, 1354.0
Scale
-0.0001259252568, 0.0001259252568
Rotation
129.56000000000006
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1504g
Metadata Date
2015-01-27T13:46:47+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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