This guy can show lots of detail Howard. Not a "real" Trifid but worth a visit.

I've logged three entries:
14", 200x, NELM 6m5+
relative small and faint, no positive filter response, brighter central part, dark lanes divided nebula in five parts, most prominent dark lanes NE and S, fainter outer parts

16", 180x, NELM 6m5+
interesting structures of the compact nebula, bright and divided with some dark lanes, no filter response

27", 293x-419x, NELM 6m5+
impressive RN, compact and bright with lots of dark lanes, beside the dark lanes dividing the central part to the outer parts, the central part itself fall apart three peaks with structure
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