Zoom in to the Trifid Nebula
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The massive star factory known as the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius, the Archer, was captured in all its glory with the Wide-Field Imager camera attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. Named for the dark dust bands that trisect its glowing heart, the Trifid Nebula is a rare combination of three nebulae types that reveal the fury of freshly formed stars and point to more star birth in the future.
Credit:
ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard) and A. Fujii. Music by John Dyson from the CD darklight
About the Video
| Id: | eso0930a |
| Release date: | 26 August 2009 |
| Related releases: | eso0930 |
| Duration: | 50s |
About the Object
| Type: | • Nebulae |
