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Closeup of Filamentary Structure in Trifid Nebula (Trifid Nebula, M20, NGC 6514) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Closeup of Filamentary Structure in Trifid Nebula

June 3, 2004 · NASA · Trifid Nebula, M20, NGC 6514 · Sagittarius

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About the colours

Blue: F502N ([O III]) Green: F673N ([S II]) Red: F656N (H-alpha)

About the data

This image was created from HST data from proposal 9104 : F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern U.), J. Biretta (STScI), C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt U.), and M. Wardle (U. Sydney).