M20: Trifid Nebula
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Trifid means 'three lobe' and refers to the illusion created by a wispy dark nebula spidering across the face of a more distant emission nebula.
Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1645mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/7.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-06-26 to 2022-06-26 | |
| Lights: | 32 | |
| Exposure: | 120 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 h | |
| Ra: | 18h 2m 31.8s | |
| Dec: | -22° 59' 23.294 | |
| Size: | 29.171 x 22.974 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.309 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.441 arcsec/pixel |
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