Wallpaper author:
Ray Blais
07 Feb 2021
Trifid Nebula
The Trifid Nebula (M20) is a star forming HII region found in the constellation of Sagittarius. This image was produced from The Pro LRGB dataset. A young stellar object appears to be in formation at the center of this nebula being fueled by the three gaseous protrusions seen in the image. The Trifid nebula is surrounded by a blue reflection nebula and has a visual magnitude of about 6.3.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M20
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 270.675 Dec -22.9667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................24 Sept 2019 - 14 Aug 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 67 | 40m | 36 |
| Red | 69 | 40m | 35 |
| Green | 857 | 8h20m | 35 |
| Blue | 65 | 38m | 35 |
| Halpha | 806 | 7h50m | 35 |