Trifid Nebula: Visible & Infrared Light Comparison | ESO

Trifid Nebula: Visible & Infrared Light Comparison | ESO

This video sequence compares a view of the Trifid Nebula in infrared light, from the VVV VISTA survey with a more familiar visible-light view from a small telescope. The glowing clouds of gas and dust are much less prominent in the infrared view, but many more stars behind the nebula become apparent, including two Cepheid variable stars.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO) / VVV consortium / D. Minniti/Gábor Tóth

Release Date: February 9, 2015

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