Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6531  ·  Trifid Nebula
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Trifid Nebula and M21, Bea Budai & Zsolt Paragi
Trifid Nebula and M21
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Trifid Nebula and M21

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Trifid Nebula and M21, Bea Budai & Zsolt Paragi
Trifid Nebula and M21
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Trifid Nebula and M21

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It is a very rare opportunity for us to see some of the summer targets near the MW centre, at low elevations. The Trifid Nebula and M21 open cluster we shot the same nights as the Helix Nebula (https://www.astrobin.com/ctn4n0/), from the same place. They were in fact the the first targets, visible only for about 2-3 hours after sunset. We are not sure if it is perfectly done, it is probably far from that. But we just wanted to show this nice pair of objects so different in nature and look, counterpointing each other, and surrounded by a sea of hydrogen clouds in the Milky Way.  The Trifid colors are probably a bit overdone, but we felt that for this particular composition it is ok.

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