Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
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Trifid Nebula (M20), Ed Dixon
Trifid Nebula (M20)
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Trifid Nebula (M20)

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Trifid Nebula (M20), Ed Dixon
Trifid Nebula (M20)
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Trifid Nebula (M20)

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First cut at an image of the Trifid Nebula (M20).  M20 is an emission and reflection nebula located 9,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.  Captured the week of 4/20/22 by staff at the iTelescope observatory in Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia using a  Planewave 20" reflector telescope and a FLI PL09000 camera.  Data downloaded from iTelescope and then processed with Pixinsight and Apple edit.

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Trifid Nebula (M20), Ed Dixon