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M20, THE TRIFID NEBULA on 2023-07-10

This photo was done in my backyard in Kyle, Texas through a 6-inch Sky-Watcher f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, using a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. 326 subs x 30 sec.

M 20 is also cataloged as NGC 6514. It is an H II region in the north-west part of Sagittarius in a star-forming region of the Milky Way's Scutum-Centaurus Arm. M20 is located about 4,100 light years from our Solar System. It is a dense cloud of dust and gas, which is a stellar nursery full of embryonic stars. A stellar jet protrudes from the head of the cloud that is about 0.75 light years long. The Trifid Nebula is a rare combination of three types of nebula that reveal the fury of freshly formed stars and point to more star births in the future.