Trifid Nebula (Messier 20/NGC 6514)

Stsci_2004-17c_1024

stsci_2004-17c June 3rd, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI); Acknowledgment: F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern Univ.)

A 2004 Hubble Space Telescope image of Trifid Nebula, M20, NGC 6514.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-17

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Trifid Nebula • M20 • NGC 6514
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
9,000 light years
Stsci_2004-17c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 2m 20.0s
DEC = -23° 1’ 55.8”
Orientation
North is 130.1° CW
Field of View
4.4 x 4.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (SII) 673.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Stsci_2004-17c_1280
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ID
2004-17c
Subject Category
B.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
Trifid Nebula, M20, NGC 6514
Credits
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI); Acknowledgment: F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern Univ.)
Release Date
2004-06-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
9,000
Redshift
9,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-17
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Distance in lightyears
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
OIII, H-alpha, SII
Central Wavelength
502, 656, 673
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
270.58328976083, -23.03216919778
Reference Dimension
2908.00, 3056.00
Reference Pixel
1218.00684454221, 1190.95412929749
Scale
-0.00002527023, 0.00002527023
Rotation
-130.08282646401
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 722.07 1114.11 1434.91 1539.91 798.52 1373.63 1163.06 1424.22 986.00 1793.35 678.36 1285.66 893.46 807.86 1571.27 1901.27 1259.64 439.89 1621.17 2469.21 1685.15 1340.11 564.85 2195.50 869.88 541.61 1811.23 2068.44 Center Pixel Coordinates: 1454.00 270.59454590858 1528.00 -23.03307806420
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p0417c-f-2908x3056.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0417c-f-2908x3056.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/17
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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Universescalefull
9,000 light years

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