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M 17 - Omega Nebula, Pavle Culum
M 17 - Omega Nebula
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M 17 - Omega Nebula

M 17 - Omega Nebula, Pavle Culum
M 17 - Omega Nebula
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M 17 - Omega Nebula

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This target has been on my radar for a while, however for some reason i avoided imaging it as most of my focus would always be on the opposite side of the sky in the Cygnus region. This time I did not overlook it, instead spending a few nights over a 2 week period gathering enough data in between clouds and smoke.

Processing took some finesse, mainly due to the very bright core. Similar to M 42 this is a very bright nebula, so stretching had to be done in phases in order to bring out the central detail while also revealing all the structures in the outer shell. I was debating on going with faux-SHO palette, but after playing around with various masks and scripts i decided to just leave the data as-is and instead highlight the contrast and 3D nature of the dust structures beyond the central core.

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M 17 - Omega Nebula, Pavle Culum