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New Views of a Familiar Beauty
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The Trifid Nebula is a giant star-forming cloud of gas and dust located 5,400 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius,…

Jan 12, 2005
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Trifid Nebula
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Atlas Image mosaic, covering 14.8' x 20.0' on the sky, of the Trifid Nebula, aka Messier 20 and NGC 6514.…

Dec 2, 1999
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