Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  B85  ·  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6531  ·  Sh2-28  ·  Sh2-30  ·  Trifid nebula
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M20 Trifid Nebula and M21 Webb's Cross, Sven Hoffmann
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M20 Trifid Nebula and M21 Webb's Cross

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M20 Trifid Nebula and M21 Webb's Cross, Sven Hoffmann
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M20 Trifid Nebula and M21 Webb's Cross

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Hi guys,

this image was a really hard one for me I have to say. M20 rises only to about 12 degrees maximum where I live which made it really hard to collect all the data for a good image. Nevertheless I kept at it and collect a reasonable amount to edit this image. I tried for about 3 days until I am finally satisfied with it. There are some residual gradients due to the light pollution here and at the low altitude I have to shoot through a lot of it.

I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I I took some special care to making sure you can actually perceive the myriad of stars in the background with all there different colors.

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M20 Trifid Nebula and M21 Webb's Cross, Sven Hoffmann