Object: Trifid/Messier 20/NGC 6514

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Caption: The Trifid Nebula is a region of glowing gas heated by hot, massive stars in a young star cluster. Trifid is about 5000 light years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.

Image credit: L. van Zee & IU Astronomy

This project was partially funded by the Daniel Kirkwood Chair, the Hollis and Grete Johnson Astronomy Endowment funds, and from the Office of the Bicentennial.