Messier 20: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image
Messier 20 (M20) is a nebula located some 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. M20 is better known as the Trifid Nebula. The left image was taken with an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope using a 0.63x focal reducer and a DSLR Camera. The right image was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Image Credit: Amateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI); Acknowledgment: F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern Univ.)
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Image CreditAmateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI); Acknowledgment: F. Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern Univ.)
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