Messier 20 in Sagittarius

Image Info

Imaged 20130616 with 31.5cm f/5 Newtonian Reflector and GSTAR-EX video camera
6 sector mosaic (2w x 3h) Planned with Asimoplan
200 video frames each sector with no filter
(luminance channel)

Colour info is lo-res, wide field print taken in 1989 on Hypered Kodak Ektar 1000 film.
See here for blending colour channel method

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Object Info

NGC 6514 Emission and Reflection Nebula. Dark lanes on the emission region give the object the common name "Trifid" Nebula.

Multiple stars at the centre of the 'Trifid' are HN 40 and HN 6

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