The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius | Vera C. Rubin Observatory

The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius  | Vera C. Rubin Observatory

The star-forming Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, as imaged by the National Science Foundation–Department of Energy Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The Trifid Nebula is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the pink region), a reflection nebula (the blue region), and a dark nebula (the dark regions). It is located about 4,000 light-years from Earth.

Credit: RubinObs / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF / DOE / AURA
Release Date: June 23, 2025

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