10 Jul 2023
The core of M20, the Trifid Nebula, is depicted here in a starless HST palette from high resolution Chi-1 CMOS images.
With this example, I wanted to submit that one measure of M20 image quality is whether you can see the "antennae of the slug" (image center low). (See secondary image.)
M20
3 credit
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 1000 | 2h30m | 9 |
| Blue | 200 | 30m | 9 |
| Luminance | 100 | 15m | 9 |
| Red | 100 | 15m | 9 |
| Green | 100 | 15m | 9 |