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as of 04/25/2024 1:10 a.m.
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General Info
| Type | Diffuse Nebula |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Right ascension | 18h2'20.900'' |
| Declination | -23°2'38'' |
| Magnitude | 9 |
| Distance | 5,200ly |
| Size | 28 arc min |
| Catalog Designations | NGC6514, M20 |
| Discovered | 1764 Charles Messier |
Generate a finder chart
The following form will generate a PDF finder chart suitable for printing using to locate objects in the sky with your telescope!
The Date is only really useful for solar system objects, as deep space objects move measurably only on a galactic timescale.
The larger the F.O.V (field of view), the more "zoomed out" the object will appear. It can be helpful to print several charts of the same object with different field of views.
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Austin (5562)
LCOGT 1Meter Scope - Sinistro
10 points
The Trifid nebula was the first nebula I ever observed when I was first getting into amateur astronomy. At that time, it was faint white smudge in the middle of an unbelievable mass of stars in Sagittarius.
On the .8m at Sedgwick the FOV is narrower, but the features are more impressive. Some dust lanes can be discerned, but it's still a mostly featureless blob.
Exoplanet1 (1645)
4.5in starblast
10 points
Just visible with averted vision. Faint blue nebulosity. Dark lanes just visible with averted vision. Central star easy.
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