Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 17  ·  NGC 6618  ·  Omega nebula
M17 Swan Omega Horseshoe Lobster Checkmark Nebula LRGB, Peter Ilas
M17 Swan Omega Horseshoe Lobster Checkmark Nebula LRGB
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M17 Swan Omega Horseshoe Lobster Checkmark Nebula LRGB

M17 Swan Omega Horseshoe Lobster Checkmark Nebula LRGB, Peter Ilas
M17 Swan Omega Horseshoe Lobster Checkmark Nebula LRGB
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M17 Swan Omega Horseshoe Lobster Checkmark Nebula LRGB

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All FITS were originally acquired at 3x3 binning rate during 2014. These were subsequently enlarged by a factor of 3 to the unbinned resolution and completely processed within PixInsight.

This nebula is interesting as having many nicknames for shape of the bright core of length 11 arcminutes.

Using SLOOH.com robotic telescope on Canary Islands, adding Slooh logo as per their terms and conditions.

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M17 Swan Omega Horseshoe Lobster Checkmark Nebula LRGB, Peter Ilas

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