Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
m20 LRGB, 1074j
m20 LRGB
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m20 LRGB

m20 LRGB, 1074j
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m20 LRGB

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This is an LRGB image with a little H Alpha mixed with the red channel. My goal was to bring out the surrounding blue shroud without blowing out the center stars. I did this with a bunch of 60-second lum subs (75) and ended up only using the best 20 to try and resolve the center stars. Most images have them blown out and I was surprised to see that both are doubles. In fact, Hubble imagery shows even more stars around the core. Because of only 20 lum subs, parts of the image are a bit noisy. It's hard to get many sharp subs as this object is fairly low.

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m20 LRGB, 1074j