M20 = NGC6514 ( 18h 02.6m -23°02´, 8.5 mag. )


Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius was discovered by LeGentil in 1747 and Messier observed it on June 5, 1764. Nebula's name was suggested by William Herschel who noticed dark bands crossing emmision part of the nebula (reflection area is more difficult visually). M20 is located about 1°30' NNW of Lagoon Nabula (M8 - see finder chart below).

The above image was taken on July 14, 1999 from Sooke, BC. Cookbook 245 LDC CCD camera was used on Ultima 8 f3.0 telescope autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC CCD camera on a piggybacked 500mm f8 telephoto lens. It is composed of white exposures (11 x 120 sec.) as well as cyan, magenta and yellow-integrations (5 x 120 sec. each) were combined in AIP4WIN. Resulting color image was then adjusted in Lab color space with Corel PhotoPaint 8.

North is to the right.


The image below was taken on July 3, 2002 from Harrowsmith, Ontario. Cookbook 245 LDC CCD camera this time was used on Celestron Ultima 8 f6.3 SCT autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC CCD camera through 500mm f8 guider. Ten white exposures (120 sec. each) were combined with cyan, magenta and yellow-filtered integrations (3 x 120 sec. each).

North is to the right.


Map created in Guide 7.0 - 7°45' x 12°. North is up.


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