📸 A Beautiful Trifid
Red emission. Blue reflection. Dark dust. The Trifid Nebula (M20) in Sagittarius blends all three. Star formation shapes its glowing clouds, while dark lanes split the red core into three parts. A cosmic gem, 5,000 light-years away.

📅 APOD – July 9, 2025
📷 Credit: Alessandro Cipolat Bares

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The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid

Messier 20, popularly known as the Trifid Nebula, lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in the plane of our galaxy, the Trifid does illustrate three different types of astronomical nebulae; red emission nebulae dominated by light from hydrogen atoms ...

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Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Edelmaier and Gabriele Gegenbauer

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One of my early #Astro shots: the #LagoonNebula and the #TrifidNebula.

From memory, this was taken a few years ago with a standard mirrorless camera, and a #SkyWatcher #ED80 telescope, on an #EQ6R mount.

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There is a lot going on the Trifid Nebula! The red part is glowing emission from ionised gas within. The blue part glows because it is energised by nearby stars. Dark nebulae appear to trace across its surface, and a cluster of stars lies nearby.

See https://www.astrobin.com/1f1pk6/ for more details.

LRGB image created using PixInsight (for calibration, registration, integration) and Adobe Lightroom (for cosmetic adjustments)

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In the Center of the #TrifidNebula
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