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M 20 · Nebula · Sagittarius

Trifid Nebula

Also known as NGC 6514 · LBN 27

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Type

Nebula

Constellation

Sagittarius

Position (J2000)

18h 02m 42s · −22° 58′ 19″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1764

Pictures

3

Typical integration

4.7 h

Magnitude

8.5

visual

Size

28′

Distance

~3,400 ly

Best months

May–Jul

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.