Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
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M20 The Trifid Nebula - A Star-forming region in Sagittarius in RGB, Ian Parr
M20 The Trifid Nebula - A Star-forming region in Sagittarius in RGB
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M20 The Trifid Nebula - A Star-forming region in Sagittarius in RGB

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M20 The Trifid Nebula - A Star-forming region in Sagittarius in RGB, Ian Parr
M20 The Trifid Nebula - A Star-forming region in Sagittarius in RGB
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M20 The Trifid Nebula - A Star-forming region in Sagittarius in RGB

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The Trifid Nebula (M20 NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the Milky Way's Scutum-Centaurus Arm.  Its name means 'three-lobe'. 
The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula , a reflection nebula, and a dark nebula (Barnard 85). 

8 Jan 2024  Endless rubbish weather here so I updated from basically the same 2021 RGB data as previous version, but with a few more Pixinsight tricks and updated tools including SPCC, GHS, GraxPert and BlurXterminator AI 4, StarXTerminator and NoiseXterminator. FInally,  using ACDNR to create lightness masks also makes a huge difference.

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M20 The Trifid Nebula - A Star-forming region in Sagittarius in RGB, Ian Parr