Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  B85  ·  LBN 27  ·  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Sh2-30  ·  Trifid Nebula
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M20, the Trifid Nebula, James

M20, the Trifid Nebula

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M20, the Trifid Nebula, James

M20, the Trifid Nebula

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This is the M20 Trifid nebula, taken from my backyard.
Bortle 5

Lum:  401x60"
Red:  78x120"
Green: 67x120"
blue:  62x120"

Stars removed with new photoshop plug-in, starXTerminator.  I posted a video showing several examples of my images with the stars removed using this plug-in.  Results are much cleaner than starnet++

StarXTerminator: A first look!!

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Description: Here's the starless version. I used the newly released StarXTerminator plug-in for photoshop to remove the stars.

Posted a video on youtube showing several images with the stars removed via this plug-in:

https://youtu.be/NYkjtuGQTs8

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M20, the Trifid Nebula, James