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About the Object	Object Name: Messier 20 - Trifid Nebula Object Type: Nebula Position (J2000): RA: 18h02m23.4s Dec: -23d01m50.1s Distance: 5,500 light-years or 1.67 kpc Constellation: Sagittarius
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/J.Rho(SSC/Caltech) Instrument: IRAC, MIPS Wavelength:    IRAC: 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 microns    MIPS: 24 microns Exposure Date:    IRAC: 2004-03-31    MIPS: 2004-04-11 Exposure Time:    IRAC: 8 sec per sky position    MIPS: 48sec per sky position Image Scale: about 20 x 25 arcmin Orientation: Release Date: 12 January 2005
Observers	J. Rho - Principal Investigator (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech) W. T. Reach (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech) B. Lefloch (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble) G. Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

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