Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6531  ·  Trifid Nebula
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Trifid Nebula RGB, Steve Robbins
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Trifid Nebula RGB

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Trifid Nebula RGB

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RGB taken from my backyard in Bortle 5 skies.

People I've shown this to are taken in by the contrasting colors. The adjacent red and blue are striking. Looking closely one can see the small jet from a star that the Hubble telescope was used to verify. It is a very small streak of lighter color extending out of the U shaped feature located at the 12 o'clock position above the central stars in the red nebula. The streak of light points in about the 4:30 direction. It is about .75 light years in length.

All 180sec. Taken over four nights. 6/23, 6/27, 7/1, 7/9 2020.

L 50

R 24

G 48

B 36

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Trifid Nebula RGB, Steve Robbins