Observation by Charles Graham Taylor: Trifid Nebula

Uploaded by

Charles Graham Taylor

Observer

Charles Graham Taylor

Observed

2021 Jun 20 - 00:40

Uploaded

2021 Jun 20 - 20:55

Objects

The Trifid Nebula (M20)

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 18^h02^m
Dec: -22°56'
Position angle: +0°41'

Field size

0°36' × 0°36'

Equipment

508mm reflector

Location

Tenerife

Target name

Trifid Nebula

Title

Trifid Nebula

About this image

Image processed from 3 RGB FIT files and3 Luminosity FITS with Affinity Photo. I am very inexperienced in using this software and found getting the colour balance very tricky.

Files associated with this observation

composite2a.jpg (1.4 MB)

Like this image

Mr John William Hughes, Jeremy Shears, Callum Wingrove, Callum Potter

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.