M20 or NGC 6514: Trifid Nebula

M20 or NGC 6514: Trifid Nebula




Conditions:

Date: 2020 04 26

Mount: Losmandy G11 + Gemini 1
Optic; Newtonian Telescope F/D=4 + flattener corrector
Focale: 800mm - Diameter:200mm Camera: ZWO ASI294 Pro + IR cut 2"
Site: Bois de Nefles Saint-Paul 55°19'54"E / 20°59'58"S
Seeing: Humidity + Light polution
Capture: 42 x 240 sec Temp: -12 deg
Guidind refractor 400mm + ZWO Asi178 (+-0.85" arc)(good)
Software: OS Ubuntu-Linux - Oacapture - PHD guiding - Siril - Gimp

Informations:
The Trifid Nebula is a star-forming region
The galaxy is also the fifth-brightest in the sky
Magnitude: 6.3
Distance: 4,100 light-years
discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764

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