Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
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TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE
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TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE

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TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE
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TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE

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Description

It is situated approximately 5,200 light years from Earth with an apparent magnitude of 6.3.

Complex nebula composed of an emission nebula (the bottom, red, a reflection nebula (the top, blue) and a dark nebula (apparent "gaps" in the emission nebula, which cause the trifurcarda appearance, these are also designated as Barnard 85).

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Equipment

Apo 150mm Scientific Explorer

Qhy 16200a colled

Filter: Planetarium Baader HSO 2 "

20x300 "bin1 HALPHA + 17 x 300" bin1 S2, OIII

Electronic Focuser: Moon Lite

Mounting: Ioptron Cem60

Polar alignment: Sharcap

Capture: Sequence Generation Pro

Processing: Photoshop CS6, Pixinisight

Seeing: 4

Transparency: 5

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TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

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Nebulas - Nebulosas