Trifid Nebula (M20, NGC 6514)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5329.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5329. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Interstellar Medium, Interstellar Medium Objects

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An emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, position RA 18 h
02.6 m, dec. -23° 02'. It is of ninth magnitude, with quite a high
surface brightness, and measures 29' by 27'. It surrounds the multiple
star HN 40, the light of whose brightest members energize the nebula.
The Trifid gets its name from dark lanes that trisect it....

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