Trifid Nebula
Trifid Nebula
Description: Emission Nebula
Common Name: Trifid Nebula
Messier Catalogue: 20
NGC: 6514
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
Sharpless: N/A
Constellation: Sagittarius
Size: 29.0 x 27.0 Arc Minutess
Visual Magnitude: +6.30
Distance: 5,200 Light Years
Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 800
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 11 x 120 Seconds
Dark Frames: Master Dark
Bias Frames: Master Bias
Flat Frames: Master Flat
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 11/07/2018
Image Type: GB
Dark Site?: No-Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: N/A
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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