Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  B85  ·  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Sh2-30  ·  Trifid nebula
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M20 - Trifid Nebula and Gacrux :-), Daniel Nobre
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M20 - Trifid Nebula and Gacrux :-)

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M20 - Trifid Nebula and Gacrux :-)

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Hi guys and girls, how are you? Hope you are fine!

Before a huge cold front take the clear sky tropics, I was able to get this two simple images: Trifid Nebula and a star I love too much (along with Alpha Crucis) - Gacrux, Gamma Crucis ou Rubídea :-) Hope you enjoy!

Trifid Nebula 21 x 400s

Gamma Crucis 20 x 300s

from Wikipedia:

Gacrux , Gamma Crucis (Latinised from γ Crucis, abbreviated Gamma Cru, γ Cru), is the nearest class M giant star to the Sun. With an apparent visual magnitude of +1.63, this is the third-brightest star in the southern constellation of Crux (the Southern Cross) and is listed 26th of the brightest stars in the night sky. A line from the two "Pointers", Alpha Centauri through Beta Centauri, leads to within 1° north of this star. Distance has been determined using parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, yielding 88.6 light-years (27.2 parsecs) from the Sun.

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