Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  B85  ·  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
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M20 Trifid Nebula, John Hayes
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M20 Trifid Nebula

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M20 Trifid Nebula, John Hayes
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M20 Trifid Nebula

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Good Seeing, dark skies, stable temperatures, and a windless night made for perfect conditions to retry M20 with more exposure. This object never gets very high in the sky from my location so the air path was considerable for many of the exposures. Atmospheric dispersion also becomes evident at this low altitude above the horizon. ONAG or OAG would definitely help improve this image a bit but with my current setup, this about the best I can expect from my standard C14.

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M20 Trifid Nebula, John Hayes

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