M17 (OMEGA NEBULA)
| Object Notes | Constellation: Sagittarius Location: RA: 18h 20m 48.0s Dec: -16d 11' 00" Epoch 2000 Size: 11 x 11 arc-minutes Magnitude: 6.0 Type: Diffuse Nebula/Open Cluster AKA: Omega Nebula, Swan Nebula, ngc6618 |
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| Exposure | 16 x 1 minutes Luminance unbinned 6 x 15 minutes Hydrogen Alpha unbinned (Astrodon 6nm filter) 8 x 1 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned |
| Date | 5/12/05 |
| Post Processing | CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS |
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