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Trifid nebula (M20) in Sagittarius

author: S.Voltmer/Novapix

reference: a-neb65-14018

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 42 cm

Measuring some forty light years across, this nebula contains enough gas to make many thousands of suns. Trifid is located in Sagittarius constellation between 5000 and 10 000 light-years away.

Keywords for this photo:

2014 - ASTRONOMY - DIFFUSE NEBULA - EMISSION NEBULA - M20 - NEBULA - NGC 6514 - REFLECTION NEBULA - SAGITTARIUS - STAR - STAR FORMATION - TRIFID -