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Date: 12/05/11 Views: 713

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"The Trifid Nebula".

The Trifid Nebula, catalogued as Messier 20 and as NGC 6514, is an H II region located in Sagittarius. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifid appearance. The Trifid Nebula is 7600 light years away from Earth.

Date: 12/05/11
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Instrument: Bintel 8" Newtonian Astrograph.
Focal Ratio: F/4
Camera: Pentax K-x
Camera Sensitivity: iso 1600
Exposure Details: 2 minute subs x 10 + Master Flat & Camera dark frame
Mount: NEQ6pro
Autoguider: Unguided
Date: 3th August 2011
Viewing Location: The Briars Mt Martha
Software Enchancements: DSS PS CS2
Comments: Light Pollution
Seeing conditions: 7
Author: Paul Albers

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