Keywords: messier 20 messier20 trifid nebula trifidnebula Credit: DSS/ Giuseppe Donatiello J2000 RA: 18h 02m 23s Dec: −23° 01′ 48″ NGC 6514, also known as The Trifid Nebula, is an HII region in Sagittarius discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. The object is a combination of an opened cluster of stars, emission nebula, reflection nebula and a dark nebula that divide into three lobes this object. Credit: DSS/ Giuseppe Donatiello J2000 RA: 18h 02m 23s Dec: −23° 01′ 48″ NGC 6514, also known as The Trifid Nebula, is an HII region in Sagittarius discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. The object is a combination of an opened cluster of stars, emission nebula, reflection nebula and a dark nebula that divide into three lobes this object. |