Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid Nebula
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M20 - trifid nebula, Xinran Li
M20 - trifid nebula
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M20 - trifid nebula, Xinran Li
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M20 is a nebula in the direction of the galactic center. As a mixture of emission and reflection nebula, M20 is best imaged with RGB rather than SHO. At a size of 20 arcmin, and a visual magnitude of 6.3, it is readily visible using small binocular as a dispersive small circular mist. The dataset was shot by @blackrig , with LRGB channels, combining a total of about 15.5 hours of exposure. The quality of the dataset is superb, easing the post-processing.

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M20 - trifid nebula, Xinran Li