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The Trifid Nebula in infrared.

by

Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Novapix

Reference

a-neb65-14100

Date

2006-05-21

The Trifid Nebula is a giant star-forming cloud of gas and dust located between 5000 and 10 000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The false-color Spitzer images reveal a different side of the Trifid Nebula. Bright regions of star-forming activity are seen in the Spitzer pictures.