M20 M20 Trifid Nebula

This image of M20 is composed of eight 20 second exposures summed together. They were taken on top of Table Mountain near Wrightwood on July 4th, 1997 with my Meade LX200 10" F/6.3 telescope and a CB245 CCD camera.

M20 (the Trifid Nebula) is located in Sagittarius not to far from M8.

RA (2000)
18:02.6
DEC (2000)
-23:02
Magnitude
8.5
Size
29 x 27 arc min
Distance
~ 6650 Light Years
Object Type
Nebula

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