2020 November 01 - In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 01/11/2020

In today's image, we see the Trifid Nebula - an example of an emission nebula and a star forming region. The name comes from the way the dust lanes divide the nebula into three parts. 

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