trifid – Secrets of Space https://secretsofspace.com Exploring planets, stars, galaxies, astronomy, the universe and space secrets Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:42:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Trifid Nebula’s stars https://secretsofspace.com/trifid-nebulas-stars/ Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:00:00 +0000 http://secretsofspace.com/?p=348 Continue reading Trifid Nebula’s stars →]]> Trifid Nebula - NASA
A storm of stars in the Trifid Nebula (NGC 6514) in the constellation of Sagittarius

The Trifid Nebula (cataloged as NGC 6514 or M20) was discovered by the famous French astronomer Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. This interstellar cloud is located about 5,400 light-years away in the Sagittarius constellation. The above picture, taken by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), shows a storm of stars brewing in the Trifid Nebula. The intense yellow and orange parts of the picture are new stars being born while the blue stars scattered around the picture are the older stars in this nebula. The main green cloud overlapping the many stars is made up of hydrogen gas.

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