M 20 (NGC 6514) aka "The Trifid" Bright Nebula / Reflection Nebula in Sagittarius
Located at: RA 18 hours 02 minutes 25 seconds, Dec -22 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 17' x 12'; Magnitude: 9.0; Class: Emission + Reflection + Dark Lanes
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -10c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 240 minutes (24 x 10 minute subs), 08/30/31/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | M 20 is a complex object; with a reflection component to the north (around the bright star) and the southern bright nebula split by a dark lanes (B 86). Also known as the 'Trifid' nebula ... see here for a 14.5" Newtonian image taken on hypered Tech Pan 2415 |