M20, THE TRIFID NEBULA on 2023-07-10
M 20 is also cataloged as NGC 6514. It is an H II region in the north-west part of Sagittarius in a star-forming region of the Milky Way's Scutum-Centaurus Arm. M20 is located about 4,100 light years from our Solar System. It is a dense cloud of dust and gas, which is a stellar nursery full of embryonic stars. A stellar jet protrudes from the head of the cloud that is about 0.75 light years long. The Trifid Nebula is a rare combination of three types of nebula that reveal the fury of freshly formed stars and point to more star births in the future.
This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The total image acquisition time is: 02 hrs 43 min 00 sec. The processing was done with PixInsight.
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