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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by radiation from a nearby, massive star. The picture also provides a peek at embryonic stars forming within an ill-fated cloud of dust and gas, which is destined to be eaten away by the glare from the massive neighbor. This stellar activity is a beautiful example of how the life cycles of stars like our Sun is intimately connected with their more powerful siblings.
El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Telescope: Planewave CDK17
Filters: SHO-LRGB
Total Integration: 28 hours
Date Acquired: March-April, 2020
The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas, taken with a Canon T3i using a Takumar 200mm F4 M42 mount lens. 235 fifteen second exposures, stacked in Siril. Processed in Siril and GIMP.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by radiation from a nearby, massive star. The picture also provides a peek at embryonic stars forming within an ill-fated cloud of dust and gas, which is destined to be eaten away by the glare from the massive neighbor. This stellar activity is a beautiful example of how the life cycles of stars like our Sun is intimately connected with their more powerful siblings.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by radiation from a nearby, massive star. The picture also provides a peek at embryonic stars forming within an ill-fated cloud of dust and gas, which is destined to be eaten away by the glare from the massive neighbor. This stellar activity is a beautiful example of how the life cycles of stars like our Sun is intimately connected with their more powerful siblings.
Edited Vera Rubin Observatory image of the Lagoon and Triffid Nebulas.
Original caption: In this immense image NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory offers a brand new view of two old friends: the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae. The image provides a demonstration of what makes Rubin unique: its combination of an extremely wide field of view and the speed that allows it to take lots of big images in a very short time. Combining images reveals subtle details in the clouds of gas and dust. The more images we can combine, the more detail we see! This almost 5-gigapixel image combines 678 exposures taken in just 7.2 hours of observing time, and was composed from about two trillion pixels of data in total. No other observatory is capable of producing an image of such a wide area so quickly and with this much depth. The Trifid Nebula (also referred to as Messier 20) is a standout in the sky. It’s a bright, colorful cloud of gas and dust about 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. What makes it especially striking is the combination of features packed into one place: a glowing pink emission nebula, a cool blue reflection nebula, and dark dust lanes that split it into three sections — hence the name “Trifid.” Inside, new stars are forming and blasting out strong winds and radiation, carving up the gas around them. It gives us a dramatic glimpse at how massive stars shape their surroundings even as they’re being born. Below the Trifid Nebula in this image is the Lagoon Nebula (or Messier 8), another vibrant stellar nursery glowing about 4,000 light-years away. You can actually spot the Lagoon with just a pair of binoculars or a small telescope. At its heart is a cluster of young, massive stars — their intense radiation lights up the surrounding gas and shapes the swirling clouds into intricate patterns. The Lagoon nebula provides scientists with a great place to study the earliest stages of star formation — how giant clouds collapse, how star clusters take shape, and how newborn stars start to reshape their environment. This expansive image of Trifid and Lagoon together exposes an intricate web of dust lanes and star clusters that make this part of the Milky Way come alive with cosmic activity. The exquisite detail in the structure of the nebulosity shown here demonstrates the exceptional quality of Rubin’s entire system — from its light-collecting power, to its sensitive camera, to its efficient data transfer and processing system. Over ten years, Rubin Observatory will take millions of images and will image each place in the sky, including this one, about 800 times. Every time we look at the Universe in a new way, we discover new things we never could have predicted — and with Rubin we will see more than we ever have before. The image was captured by Rubin Observatory using the 3200-megapixel LSST Camera — the largest digital camera in the world. We invite you to zoom in and explore the details in this unique image!
This small extract from the VISTA VVV survey of the central parts of the Milky Way shows the famous Trifid Nebula to the right of centre. It appears as faint and ghostly at these infrared wavelengths when compared to the familiar view at visible wavelengths. This transparency has brought its own benefits — many previously hidden background objects can now be seen clearly. Among these are two newly discovered Cepheid variable stars, the first ever spotted on the far side of the galaxy near its central plane.
Les nébuleuses de la Lagune et de Trifide
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Gear - Matériel 🔭
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-RTS Optics 94EDPH
Guiding : ZWO ASI290MM Mini on ZWO OAG
Imaging camera : ZWO ASI071MC Pro
Filters : Optolong L-extreme
Picture - Prise de vue 📷
Total integration : 0h30
Light : 6 x 300s
Dark : 30
Flat : 20
Gain : 90
Sensor temp : -5°C
Software - Logiciels
Imaging session : Nina
Guiding : PHD2
Stacking : PixInsight
Processing : PixInsight, Photoshop
Hubble (2004-06-03) M 20, Messier 20, NGC 6514, Trifid Nebula 01 (Hubble) - M8 (Lagoon Nebula) and M20 (Trifid Nebula)
Hubble (2004-06-03) M 20, Messier 20, NGC 6514, Trifid Nebula 04 (Hubble) - New Hubble image reveals details in the heart of the Trifid Nebula
Nebulosa da Lagoa M8 e Nebulosa Trífida M20. Objetos bastante brilhantes e que escolhi para iniciar minhas experiências com captura RGB e Ha. De quebra pude observar outros objetos estelares que com certeza irei capturar com uma distância focal maior para trazer mais detalhes! Captura foi feita em julho de 2025 na Chapada dos Veadeiros.
Lagoon Nebula M8 and Trifid Nebula M20. Both are very bright deep-sky objects, and I chose them to begin my experiments with RGB and H-alpha capture. As a bonus, I spotted other stellar objects in the field that I definitely plan to revisit with a longer focal length to reveal more detail! Captured in July 2025 at Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil.
- Exposures: 10 Ligth Frames of 300s with Optolong UV/Ir filter and 20 Light Frames of 300s with Optolong L-Enhance filter 6 darks and 28 flats. 2h30 minutes total exposure. Processing on Pixinsight. Bortle 1.
- Camera: Zwo Asi 294mc Pro, gain 125 at -10°C
- Scope: William Optics zs sd (66/388mm) with 0.8 focal reducer
- Mount: Sky-watcher AZ-GTi mount
- Guiding specs: Asiair and ASI120mm in a zwo 30mm f4 miniguider
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Messier 20 (Trifid Nebula) captured using the 1.8-metre PS1 telescope that operates the Pan-STARRS survey. The red is using the r (Red) filter, the blue is using the g (Green) filter, and the green is a synthetic combination of r and g. The colors are coded to look more "natural" to the visible light.
Data Credit: Pan-STARRS
Processing Credit: Addy