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m20 trifid nebulae
c-6 f6.3 canon 1000d moded 45 min 7darks 10 flats
Explanation: Unspeakable beauty and unimaginable bedlam can be found together in the Trifid Nebula. Also known as M20, this photogenic nebula is visible with good binoculars towards the constellation of Sagittarius. The energetic processes of star formation create not only the colors but the chaos. The red-glowing gas results from high-energy starlight striking interstellar hydrogen gas. The dark dust filaments that lace M20 were created in the atmospheres of cool giant stars and in the debris from supernovae explosions. Which bright young stars light up the blue reflection nebula is still being investigated. The light from M20 we see today left perhaps 3000 years ago, although the exact distance remains unknown. Light takes about 50 years to cross M20.
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Comment by spike77 on March 21, 2011 at 1:37pm
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thanks sik 1
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Comment by sik-1 on March 21, 2011 at 9:35am
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sik photo spike
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hey thanks s- hop i no u just uploaded one but it was on my list and had to get it while the scope was across the street dident want to have to go back later thanks for looking man
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thank mark and jerome got two more on my mind for tonight im pumped
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Comment by Jerome Roberts on March 16, 2011 at 10:30am
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Very nice shot Spike good colour and sharp stars
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