Trifid Nebula
The Trifid Nebula (M20) is a star forming HII region found in the constellation of Sagittarius. This image was produced from The Pro LRGB dataset. A young stellar object appears to be in formation at the center of this nebula being fueled by the three gaseous protrusions seen in the image. The Trifid nebula is surrounded by a blue reflection nebula and has a visual magnitude of about 6.3.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Camera
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Location
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Location
Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile
Date of observation
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Date of observation
September 14th, 2020
Filters
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Processing
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Processing
Pixinsight 1.8.8-7 Ripley
Credits
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Credits
Dataset curated by Peter Jenkins. Telescope Live
