Image information: Combination of 20 x 15s stacked, dark-subtracted, registered unfiltered images. Image taken 21/07/2006.
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| Description: M20, the Trifid Nebula, lies in the far south from Keele and is only visible during a few weeks of the summer. The part visible in this image is the emission nebula - a region of ionised hydrogen, enveloped in a dust cloud. The lanes of the dust cloud are visible as dark streaks. The emission nebula is surrounded by a reflection nebula not visible here.
Image information: Combination of 20 x 15s stacked, dark-subtracted, registered unfiltered images. Image taken 21/07/2006. |
Physical information: Magnitude: 9.0, size: 28', aka Trifid Nebula.