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The Omega nebula region: cosmic Yin and Yang, Francesco Meschia
The Omega nebula region: cosmic Yin and Yang, Francesco Meschia

The Omega nebula region: cosmic Yin and Yang

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The Omega nebula region: cosmic Yin and Yang, Francesco Meschia
The Omega nebula region: cosmic Yin and Yang, Francesco Meschia

The Omega nebula region: cosmic Yin and Yang

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The region around the open cluster NGC 6618 is well known for the presence of the Omega nebula, or Messier 17. A deep narrowband integration, however, reveals a much more vast and complex nebular region, where contrasts and dualisms present themselves in colors and shapes. Next to the Omega nebula proper, bright in the wavelength of O-III, lies a cloud glowing in H-alpha, in a symmetrical position relative to a dark molecular knot. And, opposite to this group on the other side of a darker chasm, lies another, larger, H-alpha cloud that shows light echoes and dark globules.

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Description: A closer crop on the Omega nebula and its “doppelgänger"

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The Omega nebula region: cosmic Yin and Yang, Francesco Meschia