By Riste Spiroski | 2020-05-25
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![Community photo entitled by Faiz Ahmad on 05/26/2020 at Virginia, USA](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2020/05/Stacked1.jpg)
On 05/26/2020 01:26 am by Faiz Ahmad| Virginia, USA
M20
Catalogs: M20, NGC 6514
Common Name: Trifid Nebula
Messier 20, the Trifid Nebula, is a stunningly beautiful deep-sky object consisting of red emission, blue reflection, and dark nebulosity.
M20 is located in the constellation of Sagittarius a degree and a half north-northwest from M8, the Lagoon Nebula.
Exposure Data
Scope: 80 mm f/6 triplet refractor
Focal Length: 480 mm
Camera: Canon 80D Mod
ISO: 800
Exposure: 15 seconds
Filter: None
Dark Frames : 86
Light Frames: 18
Stacked in DSS and enhanced in GIMP.