Messier 20 and NGC 6514 (Trifid Nebula) Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) 1781 by William Herschel

1781 by William Herschel

Acknowledgment: J

and infrared observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are also represented in red

Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO

this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave

Messier 20 and NGC 6514 (Trifid Nebula) Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) 1781 by William HerschelThree huge intersecting dark lanes of interstellar dust make the Trifid Nebula one of the most recognizable and striking star birth regions in the night sky. The dust, silhouetted against glowing gas and illuminated by starlight, cradles the bright stars at the heart of the Trifid Nebula. This nebula, also known as Messier 20 and NGC 6514, lies within our own Milky Way Galaxy about 9,000 light years (2,700 parsecs) from Earth, in the constellation