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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                    2025 July 9   
      
                                A Beautiful Trifid   
                Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Cipolat Bares   
      
      Explanation: The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in   
      contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away   
      toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region   
      in the plane of our galaxy, the Trifid does illustrate three different   
      types of astronomical nebulae; red emission nebulae dominated by light   
      from hydrogen atoms, blue reflection nebulae produced by dust   
      reflecting starlight, and dark nebulae where dense dust clouds appear   
      in silhouette. But, the red emission region roughly separated into   
      three parts by obscuring dust lanes is what lends the Trifid its   
      popular name. Pillars and jets sculpted by newborn stars, above and   
      right of the emission nebula's center, appear in famous Hubble Space   
      Telescope close-up images of the region. The Trifid Nebula is about 40   
      light-years across. Too faint to be seen by the unaided eye, in this   
      deep telescopic view it almost covers the area of a full moon on planet   
      Earth's sky.   
      
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