A shining swan in dark places - M17 Swan Nebula in SHO with RGB stars (Dominik Weinbrenner)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: Checkmark Nebula · HD167433 · HD167720 · HD167812 · HD167838 · HD168000 · HD168415 · HD168567 · HD168571 · HD168701 · HD168815 · HD168936 · HD169516 · IC 4701 · IC 4706 · IC 4707 · LBN 57 · LBN 59 · LBN 60 · LBN 62 · LBN 64 · LBN 66 · LDN 342 · LDN 351 · LDN 359 · Lobster Nebula · M 17 · M 18 · NGC 6596 · NGC 6613 · And 9 more.

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A shining swan in dark places - M17 Swan Nebula in SHO with RGB stars

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A shining swan in dark places - M17 Swan Nebula in SHO with RGB stars

Finally summer, finally the time to re-visit M17.
Shooting the more central milky way nebulae from my location is always challenging. They are very low in altitude and only visible for a few hours per night.
My first attempt last year revealed the main structures, this time I set out to go a lot deeper and reveal more of the surrounding stuff.

The stars are still not perfect and need work in terms of tilt adjustment but I will get there eventually.
In such a large field, it's acceptable.

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Skywatcher Esprit ED Super APO Triplet
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

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RA (center)	18h20m49s.44
RA (top/left)	18h17m24s.12
RA (top/right)	18h15m35s.19
RA (bottom/right)	18h24m19s.18
RA (bottom/left)	18h25m59s.90

Dec (center)	-16°10′04″.1
Dec (top/left)	-14°27′22″.9
Dec (top/right)	-17°35′58″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-17°52′34″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	-14°43′45″.8

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