M20 Trifid Nebula, proteus5

M20 Trifid Nebula

M20 Trifid Nebula, proteus5

M20 Trifid Nebula

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The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region located in Sagittarius. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifid appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85). It is approximately 5,000 ly away from Earth. It is in a magnitude of 6.3.

Taken 5-14-13 14x300 sec iso 400 with unmodified Canon t2i,and Skywatcher 80ED.

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M20 Trifid Nebula, proteus5