Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6531  ·  Trifid Nebula
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M20, Paul MacAree
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M20

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M20

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This is the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20) in the constellation Sagittarius. I've been hoping to capture M20 for several years, but it has been a bit elusive as it's quite low on the horizon and in the trees from my home observatory. A trip out with our newly acquired RV to the Brooks Memorial State Park in SE Washington gave me the opportunity for a long imaging session, and so while others were looking 180 degrees away at comet Neowise I finally managed this shot.

60 LRGB images (15 each) of 30 seconds, calibrated, using a ZWO 1600 mono camera and a Takahashi FSQ106mm. Capture was done using SGP and processing with Pixinsight. This was also first light for my new "mobile" mount, an iOptron CEM 40.

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M20, Paul MacAree