Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Trifid Nebula, M20, NGC 6514 |
| Object Description: |
Emission Nebula; HII Region |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 18h 02m 23s.00
Dec. -23° 01' 48".0 |
| Constellation: |
Sagittarius |
| Distance: |
Approximately 9,000 light-years (2800 parsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 2.5 arcminutes (6.6 light-years or 2.0 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following proposal, 6857: J. Trauger (JPL), C. Burrows (STScI), J. Clarke (U. Michigan), D. Crisp (JPL), J. Hoessel and J. Gallagher (U. Wisconsin-Madison), R. Griffiths (JHU), J. Hester (ASU), J. Holtzman (Lowell Obs.), J. Mould (Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Obs.), J. Westphal (Caltech). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
September 8, 1997 |
| Exposure Time: |
4.1 hours |
| Filters: |
F502N ([O III]), F547M (Strömgren y), F656N (H-alpha), F673N ([S II]) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and J. Hester (ASU) |
| Release Date: |
November 9, 1999 |
| Orientation: |
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