Closeup of Jet in Trifid Nebula

esahubble_opo0417f 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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0417f/

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

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 2m 28.7s; DEC = -23° 3’ 41.7”
Orientation: North is 129.9° CW
Field of View: 0.8 x 0.3 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

ID: opo0417f
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
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0417f/

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: 270.619520435, -23.061586284
Reference Dimension: 498.0, 217.0

Reference Pixel: 249.0, 108.5
Scale: -2.52262341159e-05, 2.52262341159e-05
Rotation: -129.86000000000004
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: opo0417f

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0417f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2004-05-18T12:08:32-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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