Two nebulae - NGC 6618 and IC 4701 in widefield (Ian Dixon)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Checkmark Nebula · IC 4701 · IC 4706 · IC 4707 · Lobster Nebula · M 17 · NGC 6596 · NGC 6605 · NGC 6618 · Sh2-44 · Sh2-45 · Sh2-47 · Sh2-48 · Sh2-50 · Swan Nebula · VdB120 · VdB121 · omega Nebula

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Omega Nebula - my atlas enthuses: "M17 is located in the rich star fields of the the Milky Way in Sagittarius. It can be found easily, along with its apparent neighbor, M 16, the Eagle Nebula. Starting from Altair (α Aql), follow δ Aql and λ Aql to γ Sct; M 17 is just over 2° SW of this star, and M 16 lies 2° NW. With a visual magnitude of 6.0, M 17 is visible to the naked eye from low latitudes under good observing conditions."

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Another trip with a small group of friends out to a remote dark site about 60km east of the city. The two Kevins, Ryan and David - thanks to you for showing me this great dark site.

The evening was calm and the seeing was quite good. Very good transparency. The idea was to warm up with a couple of DSOs and then catch Neowise at the end of the session.

I went back for some extra work on M17 (the swan, the omega, the checkmark or NGC 6618). Its a fascinating bright nebula.

Unguided with about 30 min integration.

Thanks for looking.

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RA (center)	18h18m57s.52
RA (top/left)	18h25m35s.50
RA (top/right)	18h11m01s.63
RA (bottom/right)	18h12m13s.56
RA (bottom/left)	18h26m56s.72

Dec (center)	-15°52′37″.6
Dec (top/left)	-14°27′49″.3
Dec (top/right)	-14°55′19″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	-17°16′44″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-16°48′47″.6

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