Trifid Sector DH-K a9-6 (Trifid Nebula) [#110851495189360]
This system is located at:
-637.65625
/ -26.375
/ 5161.90625
Galactic coordinates:
R: 5,201.209 / l: 7.042 / b: -0.291
Equatorial coordinates:
Right ascension: 18h 2m 37.105s /
Declination: -23° 0'40.728''
Habitable zone:
Earth-like world (7 to 10 ls), Water world (6 to 21 ls), Ammonia world (14 to 38 ls), Terraformable (5 to 10 ls)
Estimated value: 6,702 cr
This system was visited for the first time on EDSM by KOLUMBUS on Dec 31, 2015, 12:25:25 PM.
It was named by the Galactic Mapping Project with the name of: Trifid Nebula
280 ships passed through Trifid Sector DH-K a9-6 space, including 0 ship in the last 7 days.
0 ship passed through Trifid Sector DH-K a9-6 space in the last 24 hours.
Situated approx. 5,000 LYs from Sol, just beyond the more prominent Lagoon Nebula, this object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifurcated appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85)
Initially discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764: Its name means "three-lobe." The nearest outpost, Observation Post Epsilon, is located a mere 20 LY away on Trifid Sector IR-W d1-52.
