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Tom Marsala
Mojave Desert, CA
Mojave Desert, CA
05/24/2020
03:00 am
03:00 am
!3" Newtonian
Canon 6D
Skywatcher EQ6R
DSS
PS
M20, the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius. Almost smack dab in the Galactic center of our galaxy and riding the ecliptic, this beautiful nebula has dust lanes that segment it, giving it its name (even though i see four areas, not three!).
Hydrogen reds and oxygen blues meld into a super structure of star formation at the heart of the Milky Way!
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