M20 The Trifid Nebula

Details

M20 or the Trifid Nebula is both, an emission and reflection nebula. It is called Trifid because clouds of interstellar dust divide the center part of the nebula into three parts. The catalog entry M20 or Messier 20 is given to the nebula as well as the star cluster. Its also catalogued as NGC 6514.

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Image Details

Telescope Optics
TS Newton 10″ F/4

Mount
Alt AD6 + Koch FS2

Camera
Canon EOS 600Da

Filters
Internal Bayer Matrix

Integration Time
16x600s ISO200

Date
16th July 2018

Conditions
Excellent Sky Conditions

Remarks
A Coma Corrector was used to enhance the performance of the telescope. Unfortunately the distance between corrector lens and the cameras chip was slightly off, leading to some trail shaped stars in the corner of the image.

Object Details

Type of Object
Emission Nebula, Star Cluster, Reflection Nebula

Constellation
Sagittarius

Location
Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia