Designation |
M 20, NGC 6514, Trifid Nebula |
Constellation |
Sagittarius (Sgr) |
Description |
A beautiful combination of
emission (red) and reflection (blue) nebulosity about 25 arcmin in
diameter. Visually the emission part shows three of the four lobes, hence
the name Trifid. Distance: about 5000 lightyears.
A higher resolution image can be found here.
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Exposure |
LRGB 10:12:12:30 min @ -25°C,
all 1x1 |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10XE selfguided,
CFW-8, Astronomik Type II LRGB Filterset |
Optics |
Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2
(prime focus) |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Registar, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 01Aug2002 -
04:00 UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 8-9, Seeing
5-6, Temperature -2°C |