Omega Nebula M17 first light with WO 12 RC (Terry Hancock)

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Omega Nebula M17 first light with WO 12 RC

Happy Independence Day from Grand Mesa Observatory!!

First Light Imagery using the William Optics 12" Truss Tube RC

Grand Mesa Observatory is honored to be beta testing this new William Optics 12" RCCaptured over 4 nights from GrandMesaObservatory.com in Purdy Mesa Western Colorado using the William Optics 12" RC that we are beta testing for William Optics together with a QHY16200A Monochrome CCD, I'll be posting a Mini Review of the WO12 RC on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/terry.hancock.715/posts/10157374034013210

M17 The Omega Nebula, also known as The Swan, Checkmark, Lobster and The Horseshoe Nebula is a HII region approximately 7000 light years distant in the Constellation Sagittarius.

A further description of this region from NASA APOD apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140905.html

Total Integration time of 4 hours

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By: Terry Hancock

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Dates: captured over 4 nights, June 3rd, 4, 12, 19th 2019 LUM 8x600 bin 1x1 RGB 8x300 bin 2x2

Camera: QHY16200A

Gain 0, Offset 132, Calibrated with flat, Dark & Bias

Optics: William Optics 12" RC @ F6.4

Filters by Chroma

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6.0

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