M20 - TRIFID NEBULA

M20 - TRIFID NEBULA
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M20 - TRIFID NEBULA

The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way's Scutum-Centaurus Arm. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means 'three-lobe'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the relatively dense, reddish-pink portion), a reflection nebula (the mainly NNE blue portion), and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' in the former that cause the trifurcated appearance, also designated Barnard 85). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifid_Nebula
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
Planewave CDK24
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
Planewave CDK24
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Chile (CH-1-CMOS)
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
16 Jun 23
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
SHO
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
PixInsight, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator & BlurXTerminator
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
Brian Halkett, Telescope Live
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