TRIFID NEBULA IN HUBBLE PALETTE
It is situated approximately 5,200 light-years from Earth with an apparent magnitude of 6.3.
Complex nebula composed of an emission nebula (the bottom, red, a reflection nebula (the top, blue) and a dark nebula (apparent "gaps" in the emission nebula, which cause the trifurcarda appearance, these are also designated as Barnard 85).
BEST DETAILS
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Equipment
Apo 150mm Scientific Explorer
Qhy 16200a colled
Filter: Planetarium Baader HSO 2 "
20x300 "bin1 HALPHA + 17 x 300" bin1 S2, OIII
Electronic Focuser: Moon Lite
Mount: Ioptron Cem60
Polar alignment: Sharcap
Capture: Sequence Generation Pro
Processing: Photoshop CS6, Pixinisight
Seeing: 4
Transparency: 5
11 to 13 June 2020 in Jales-SP-Brazil
Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com