The Trifid Nebula (M20, NGC 6514) and the open cluster M21.

 From the magnificent skies of the valleys of Coubertin, in the Observatory's Outdoor Corner the Chileans, the amateur Marcelo Caceres released its focal corrector with the Trifid Nebula (M20, NGC 6514) and the open cluster M21.

With simple equipment, a telescope Omni 150 and a computerized equatorial mount CG5, very well lined, fitted with a Canon EOS focal corrector took a picture of great beauty that left the audience amazed.

The Trifid nebula is a region rich in hydrogen gas where stars are being born, which ionize the gas in the vacuum of space making it highly incandescent. This is called an "H II region" and M20 is located in the Sagittarius Carina arm of our Milky Way, in the direction of Sagittarius. The bars which divide the cloud are dust-rich regions.

The Full Moon of June can be very bright

Last Saturday in May many people around the world came to observe the Great Full Moon by 2012, as was announced.But they forgot to announce that yet another full moon is super luminous for this year: next month, which will occur between 3 and 4 June (June 4 11:12 UT) 2012. At that time will have passed through its perigee 11 hours before and this will be 358,482 miles, slightly farther than in May (356,953 km), but in the southern hemisphere, the full moon will be farther south than in May, flying over the latitude 21 ° 12 'South, at the height of Tocopilla, so it will be brighter still.