Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  B85  ·  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Sh2-30  ·  Trifid nebula
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M 20, the Triffid Nebula, Ha3.5, Stephen Garretson
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M 20, the Triffid Nebula, Ha3.5

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M 20, the Triffid Nebula, Ha3.5, Stephen Garretson
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M 20, the Triffid Nebula, Ha3.5

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The Triffid Nebula, which we all know as the neighbor of the Lagoon Nebula, is shown in Ha at 3.5nm. The image is cropped from the full frame.

Sitting in my observatory while the subs were being gathered afforded time to learn a bit about this object, like that it's a reflection, emission, and absorption nebula all in one neat package.

Low in the sky for my observatory right now, I can only gather perhaps a couple hours per session. I plan to return to get OIII and SII data for a SHO rendering.

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M 20, the Triffid Nebula, Ha3.5, Stephen Garretson