The Trifid Nebula - M20

[MarsG76]

Hello all,

Sharing with you my quickie exposure... The Trifid nebula, aka M20 or NGC 6514, a popular and bright nebula about 4300 light years away in the constellation Sagittarius.

I had no plans for another object after imaging the "War and Peace" nebula and I didn't want to waste a clear night, so I pointed the scope at M20 and started exposing.

This image was taken through my Celestron 8" SCT on the CGEM at f6.3 using a cooled and astro-modded DSLR.

 

Exposures:

RGB subs: 6x60s, 5x120s, 5x180s, 5x240s, 4x300s

HII subs: 10x600s

OIII subs: 9x600s

Total Time: 04hr 21min.

 

Most of this image is natural color because I only used 10% of the HII and OIII stack to emphesize the detail in the red and blue hues.

 

Clear Skies,

MG

 

 

[MarsG76]

Perhaps a bit more cropped in looks a bit better in the frame...

[x6gas]

Cracking image MG.