M17 the Swan Nebula (RonAdams)

M17 the Swan Nebula

My sky did not clear until Midnight and there was an almost full Moon overhead. It's silly

to try and image with a Full Moon but since I've had very few clear nights I decided I would

attempt to image in spite of the Moon. Because of the Moon and light pollution I could not

see a lot of the constellations. I was searching for M22 a globular cluster in Sagittarius but

because of the Moon and light pollution I could not see all of the stars in Sagittarius and I

accidently found M17. I decided since I was already on M17 that I would just image it instead.

I've not imaged it with my AT72ED Refractor and I was interested in seeing how the little scope

did with this object. My light frames were so bright that I doubted if I could salvage an image

out of them. In fact I thought Deep Sky Stacker would not be able to recognize the stars and

could not align and stack the images. With all of that said I was able to process my image

and I consider it an acceptable image. However I'm positive I can do better when I have access to a darker sky. My first image of M17 using my AT72ED Refractor.

dark sky.

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Description: I decided to reprocess my image of M17. I attempted to render some of the
dusty nebulosity and saturated star field that abounds in that part of the
sky. I did bring out some nebulosity and star field in my image. Not as much
as I had hoped for. The sky where this object is located has the heaviest
light pollution in my sky. I'm surprised that I got an image at all much less
capture some of the light dusty nebulosity.

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Description: I reprocessed my image trying to improve on the previous image. I toned down
the luminance in the dusty redish/brown nebulosity and star field of the
Milky Way. I corrected the blown out looking reddish stars.

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