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

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M20 Triffid Nebula, Dickvantatenhove
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M20 Triffid Nebula

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The Trifid Nebula,  Messier 20 or NGC 6514, is a well-known region of star formation lying within our own Milky Way Galaxy. It is called the Trifid because the nebula is overlain by three bands of obscuring interstellar dust, giving it a trisected appearance as seen in small telescopes. The Trifid lies about 9,000 light-years (2,700 parsecs) from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
This picture is an LRGB integration of 78 × 3minutes subs. 20 september  2022.

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M20 Triffid Nebula, Dickvantatenhove