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The Trifid Nebula (aka: M20, NGC 6514) is named for its three-lobed appearance, it is one of the most famous objects in the sky. This object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula, a reflection nebula, and a dark nebula that divides the emission nebula into three parts.  The Trifid is nearly the size of the full moon, and contains both reddish emission and bluish reflection nebulosity. The red emission nebula, and young star cluster near its center, is surrounded by a blue reflection nebula which is particularly conspicuous at the northern end. The fainter reflection nebula to the north, surrounding a yellowish magnitude 7.5 star, appears about half this size. Both sections of the nebula are enveloped by a faint outer haze.

M 20 is estimated to be about 5,200 light years away (Trifid's exact distance is rather uncertain, with estimates ranging from 2,200 to 9,000 light years), on the far side of the same complex of nebulosity that includes the Lagoon Nebula, M 8. M20’s diameter is about 10 light years across. It is in the constellation Sagittarius . 

Above it to the left is Messier 21 (NGC 6531) is an open cluster located northeast of the Trifid Nebula (M 20) in Sagittarius. Charles Messier discovered M 21 in June of 1764 while he was observing the Trifid Nebula.  Messier 21 is a compact, round cluster containing 57 stars. Messier 21 can be easily spotted with binoculars on a dark night its all blue stars make it fairly unique. Two strings of fairly bright stars trail toward the Trifid Nebula, less than half a degree from M 21.  M21 is estimated to be 4,200 light years away, closer than the Trifid Nebula. 

Taken from Phoenix, AZ (27 & 28 May 26); Bortle +8
I took 210 images and used 108, 60s each, gain 80, Duo Filter
Edited with Luminar Mobile and iPad

The Pinwheel Galaxy (aka Messier 101, M101) is a very large, relatively nearby, face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.  The Pinwheel Galaxy is remarkably asymmetric, with its core considerably displaced from the center of its disk. The most prominent spiral arm springs from the southeast side of the galaxy's core, and arcs east and then north out of the central region: a bright knot is embedded in this arm NE of the nucleus. A fainter arm begins at the west side of the core and arcs south and southeast; it contains bright knots southwest of the nucleus.  

Messier 101 was discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1781, and Charles Messier added to his catalog later that year. Méchain described M 101 as a "nebula without stars, very obscure and pretty large.  William Herschel noted in 1784 that M 101 had shewed a mottled nebulosity, which I shall call resolvable; so that I expect newer telescopes will, likely, render the stars visible.  M 101 was the first "spiral nebulae" identified by William Parsons. Halton Arp included M 101 as #26 in his Catalogue of Peculiar Galaxies, with the description "Spiral with One Heavy Arm."

The distance to M101 is about 27 million light years.  M101’s diameter is over 170,000 light years, making it almost twice the size of the Milky Way, and is thus among the largest spiral galaxies discovered.  M 101 has a luminosity of about 33 billion suns. Its disk contains on the order of 100 billion solar masses.

From Phoenix, AZ (23 May 26); Bortle +8, w/Dwarf3
I took 388, used 335 Images, 60s each, gain 60
Edited with Luminar Mobile and iPad

The Iris Nebula (aka: Caldwell 4 (C4), NGC 7023) is a wonderful example of an open star cluster associated with a reflection nebula. It is located in Cepheus. It has very dark lanes within the nebular glow.  The surrounding field has a dim glow from outlying sections of the nebula. C4 lies in a region of the Milky Way darkened by dust, within which the nebula is embedded. It is about 6 light-years across, and 1,300 light-years away. 

Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a massive, hot, young star in its formative years. Central filaments of cosmic dust glow with a reddish photo-luminesence, as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. But the dominant color of the nebula is blue, a characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. 

Dark, obscuring clouds of dust are also present and can lead the eye to see other convoluted and fantastic shapes.  There is also an open cluster of stars associated with C4, known as Collinder 427. This loose open cluster is located on the west side of the reflection nebula, within the dark region above the "petal" structure of the Iris.

Taken from Sedona, AZ; Bortle 5, w/Dwarf3
I took 320 images and used 249 60s each, gain 60, Duo Filter
Edited with Luminar Mobile and iPad

C4

The Milky Way Core, about 3am and 4am w/Dwarf3
Taken from Sedona, AZ; Bortle 5, 10s each, gain 0 (52 & 145 images used) Astro filter
Edited in Luminar Mobile and iPad; some star reduction

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The Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah’s Galaxy (aka: NGC 3628) it is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light years away in the constellation of Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784.  It along with M65 and M66 forms the Leo Triplet a small group of galaxies.  Its most conspicuous feature is the broad and obscuring band of dust located along the outer edge of its spiral arms, effectively transecting the galaxy to the view from Earth.    This dust band is approximately 300,000 light-years long (aka:  tidal tail).

Messier 65 (aka: NGC 3623) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo. M 65 and M 66 were discovered by Charles Messier in 1780, who described them as a "very faint nebula without stars." M65 is located about 35 million light-years away; its diameter is over 80,000 light years.  M 65 is just slightly the smaller and fainter of the pair. M 65 is a highly inclined spiral galaxy with a prominent dust lane which extends across the side of its disk facing toward us.  It has a prominent central lens and tightly wound spiral arms.  The dust may hide regions of star formation usually associated with such features in spiral galaxies

Messier 66  (aka: NGC 3627) is also a spiral galaxy it is the largest and brightest of the trio. M 66 is a spiral with two bright arms which loop outward from the nucleus; its arms are among the most easily seen of all spiral galaxies.  It is about 35 million light-years away. The apparent separation between M65 and M66 corresponds to a distance of over 190,000 light years. M66 has a luminosity of 21 billion suns, and a true diameter of at least 75,000 light years.  M66 has a well-developed central bulge, its spiral arms are deformed, probably due to encounters with its neighbors. Much dust is visible, as well as a few pink nebulae - signs of star formation - near the end of one of the arms.

The bright blue star in the center is 73 Leonis. It is about 386 light years away.  It is 26% cooler than our Sun's, but it’s 24 times the Sun's diameter.  Its luminosity is 168 times that of our Sun.  It is part of a binary star system with a known orbit. Its partner appears 0.1 arcseconds away from the primary, a physical distance of 8 AU. Their orbital period is 8 years.

The bright yellow star to the right is HD98388. It is only 144 light years away. It is about 1.1 times hotter than our Sun - and it is 1.4 times the Sun's diameter in size. Its luminosity is 2.5 times that of our Sun's.

From Phoenix & Sedona, AZ (5,9 May 26); Bortle +8,6, w/Dwarf3
I took 383 images and used 324; 60s each, gain 60, Astro Filter
Edited with Luminar Mobile and iPad