Nebula 002 / 100
Trifid Nebula
NGC6514
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Sgr
- Right ascension
- 18h 02m 42.0s
- Declination
- −22° 58′
- Apparent magnitude
- 8.5
- Angular size
- 28x28′
- Catalogue
- NGC6514
Located in Sagittarius.
The outline on your card
Three dark dust lanes meet near the centre, dividing the glowing cloud into the lobes that give the nebula its name.
- Outline class
- Dust lane
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Rifts · Bright rim · Embedded stars
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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