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M17 - Omega/Swan Nebula, 



    
        

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M17 - Omega/Swan Nebula

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M17 - Omega/Swan Nebula, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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M17 - Omega/Swan Nebula

Acquisition details

Dates:
April 4, 2020
Frames:
14×600(2h 20′)
Integration:
2h 20′
Avg. Moon age:
10.61 days
Avg. Moon phase:
81.67%

RA center: 18h21m02s.370

DEC center: -16°0900.73

Pixel scale: 0.620 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -0.420 degrees

Field radius: 0.369 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 3035x3021

File size: 4.0 MB

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Observatorio El Sauce

Description

M17 Swan Nebula

The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula and catalogued as Messier 17 (M17) or NGC 6618 is an H II region located 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. 

This image was acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL09000 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile. FOV 32' x 32' (0.68"/px)

Total integration time: 140 minutes.
LRGB 5:3:3:3 subs of 600s.

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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M17 - Omega/Swan Nebula, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers