The Trifid Nebula is a stunning star and dust cluster about 5400 lightyears away from Earth contained within the Sagittarius constellation. Known as Messier 20 and 21 (For the younger cluster of stars next to it), it consists of three different variants of nebula, including absorption, emission, and reflection. These mashups are known as stellar cauldrons, similar to the Lagoon Nebula, and they are known to be stunning due to all the colors that are caused by the light being effected by the bits of stellar dust and gases surrounding them. As for Messier 21, that is a smaller nebula in the making, an embryo of sorts, of which is one of the smallest stellar systems at only 300,000 years old. These are also great things to view for up and coming astronomers as these are some of the easiest systems to spot in the night sky, and again conveniently located within Sagittarius.
