M20 - The Trifid Nebula

 

     The Trifid Nebula is another wonderful bright nebula to view visually by telescope.  It is an interesting combination of reflection nebula of starlight seen in the upper blue section, red emission nebula, and dark dust lanes spanning the emission nebula and giving it its name.  M20 lies in Sagittarius just north of the popular Lagoon Nebula M8.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Optics Camera Film Exposure Mount/Guiding Scanning Processing Location Date
10" SCT @ f7.5 Nikon F LE400 60 min G11 with ST4 on GEG Minolta Scan Dual II Levels/Curves in PS Cottonwood Springs, CA 6/8/02

Comments: Fair seeing.  Some wind made guiding much less than ideal.