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Messier 20 or the Trifid Nebulae. This DSO is one of my favourites because of it's unusual combination of an emission nebula (red portion), and reflection nebula (the mainly blue portion).

Taken from suburbia 1-8-2021

Canon EOS 6D (Baader filter modified) @ ISO 6400

60x45 sec with calibration frames added.

Celestron C11 at f10 Cropped.

Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount with no guiding.

Polar aligned by Polarscope.

Imaged from suburbia through a IDAS Light pollution LPS-P2 2.00".

Processed in APP, Noel Carboni's astronomy tools for PS and finished off in LR.

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Uploaded on September 11, 2021