Trifid Nebula
Cosmic StructuregalacticESTABLISHED
aka M20 · NGC 6514
Universe / Cosmic Web / Trifid Nebula
Combined emission/reflection/dark nebula in Sagittarius.
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extent42 ly
scale domaingalactic
true distance1.59 kpc
rendered radius88.0 u
directionreal
confidence69%
evidenceestablished
imported fromexpanded-curated
sources
- · Curated expanded catalog (manual)
- · literature (~42 ly) (dataset)
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same type (cosmic structure)