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Zoom Inside the Heart of the Trifid Nebula

The video zooms into the Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 image of the heart of the Trifid Nebula. The zoom starts by looking at the Sagittarius constellation in the night sky and dissolves into the Lagoon Nebula. The video then goes deeper into the sky to show the Trifid Nebula, with the star birth region appearing as the final spectacular image.
  • Release Date
    June 3, 2004
  • Science Release
    New Hubble Image Reveals Details in the Heart of the Trifid Nebula
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  • Credit
    NASA, Z. Levay and L. Barranger (STScI)

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Interview with Farhad Yusef-Zadeh: Clip 1 of 4

Interview with Farhad Yusef-Zadeh: Clip 1 of 4

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Mar 14, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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