Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
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M20 Trifid Nebula, Michael Stecker
M20 Trifid Nebula
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M20 Trifid Nebula

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M20 Trifid Nebula, Michael Stecker
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M20 Trifid Nebula

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M20 Trifid Nebula
The Trifid Nebula (M20) are adjacent red emission and blue reflection nebulae in the Sagittarius Milky Way, This is a joint collaboration where James Foster photographed, stacked and did preliminary processing on the image taken in Frazier Park California and Michael Stecker did the post-processing from Los Angeles.  A Sky-Watcher 250P, 10-inch f/4 Newtonian, telescope was used.
file: M20-JRF-SWnewt250P-110minRGBSHARP3A-cr-usm1.jpg

Photographic Data
telescope:
Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P, 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector
Focal Length: 1,000 mm

mount:
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO
imaging camera:
ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro color astro-camera.
exposures:
300 sec X 22 (110 minutes)

guiding:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 guide scopr (FL= 240 mm) with ZWO ASI120MM Mini guide camera

processing
Aquired and stacked by James Foster with Maxim DL.  Post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements by Michael Stecker.
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photographic site:
James Foster's observatory at Frazier Park California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation)

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M20 Trifid Nebula, Michael Stecker