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[M20 Detail, AAT 30] [PNG]

Details in the Trifid Nebula M20

This AAT picture shows details near the center of the Trifid nebula M20, including a compact cluster of newly formed, young stars, the hottest of which now excite the nebula's gas to shine in a region of 40 light years in diameter. This cluster is found near the location where the Trifid Nebula's dust lanes apparently come together.

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    [M20 Full View] [PNG]

    In this AAT photograph the red emission and blue reflection nebula parts of the Trifid Nebula are prominent. This image is a 3-color composit obtained from black and white pictures taken with different emulsions and filters.

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    [M20, wider field, AAT]

    Wider view of the previous image, created from the same set of photographic plates. Note how far the blueish reflection nebula sends out faint extensions into the surrounding space.

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    [M20 Deeper Image] [PNG]

    This picture was obtained from the same photographic plates as the previous one, but faint details of the surrounding faint nebulae enhanced by special techniques (unsharp masking and photographic amplifying).

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    [M20, wider deep image]

    Wider view of the previous image, created from the same set of photographic plates.

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    [M20 Full Field, UKS 7] [PNG]

    UKS image of M20. This 3-color composite was created from plates exposed in the blue (40m; IIa-O/GG 385), green (60m; IIa-D/GG 495) and red (60m; 098-04/RG 630) part of the spectrum.

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