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The Trifid Nebula: Visible & Infrared Views | ESO

The Trifid Nebula: Visible & Infrared Views | ESO


This image provides a comparison between an  image of the Trifid Nebula acquired in the infrared during the VVV survey carried out by the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope (above) and the more familiar image acquired in the visible range by a small telescope (below). In the infrared, the luminous clouds of gas and dust appear much less prominent, and many stars beyond the nebula appear, including the two newly discovered Cepheid variable stars.


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/VVV consortium/D. Minniti/ Gabor Toth

Release Date: February 4, 2015


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