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Observations of the Omega Nebula (M17)

Other names The Swan Nebula
The Checkmark Nebula
The Horseshoe Nebula
The Lobster Nebula
NGC 6618
Cr 377
LBN 60

Object type Open cluster

RA 18h20m

Declination 16°10' S

Constellation Sagittarius

Further information

Showing all 22 images


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1 
M17 (the Omega Nebula)
Steve Brown
Obs 2024 Aug 06 – 23:32 UTC
Upload 2024 Sep 10 – 13:44 UTC

4 
0 
M17
Luigi Morrone
Obs 2021 Sep 01
Upload 2024 Aug 08 – 14:13 UTC

1 
0 
M17/NGC6618 Nebula in ...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2024 Jul 15 – 22:19 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 20 – 13:32 UTC

4 
0 
M17 Omega nebula LRGB
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2024 Jul 04 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 06 – 09:10 UTC

3 
0 
Lobster Nebula
Mazin Younis
Obs 2024 Jun 05 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jun 07 – 18:28 UTC

1 
0 
M17 - Omega (Swan) Neb...
Adam Rawlinson
Obs 2023 Aug 09 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 10 – 13:44 UTC

2 
0 
SH2-45 The Swan Nebula...
David Strange
Obs 2023 Jul 11 – 23:04 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 13 – 09:22 UTC

2 
0 
M17 - The Omega or Swa...
Ivan Walton
Obs 2022 Aug 21 – 20:35 UTC
Upload 2022 Aug 29 – 13:48 UTC

0 
0 
M17
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2022 Aug 20 – 21:51 UTC
Upload 2022 Aug 26 – 21:39 UTC

0 
0 
Omega&Eagle
Matt Williams
Obs 2021 May 17 – 19:28 UTC
Upload 2022 Feb 19 – 21:22 UTC

8 
0 
Around M16 & M17
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2021 Jul 16 – 22:27 UTC
Upload 2021 Jul 19 – 22:33 UTC

4 
0 
Wide Field Summer Nebu...
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2021 Jun 12 – 01:10 UTC
Upload 2021 Jun 14 – 15:59 UTC

9 
0 
M17 - Swan Nebula
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2020 Jul 10 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jul 23 – 16:04 UTC

9 
0 
M17 Swan Nebula
Nik Szymanek
Obs 2020 Apr 04 – 04:38 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 08 – 14:39 UTC

6 
0 
Untitled
Ella Bryant
Obs 2019 Jul 07 – 23:11 UTC
Upload 2019 Jul 18 – 10:17 UTC

9 
0 
M17 The Swan Nebula
David Strange
Obs 2019 Jun 19 – 22:45 UTC
Upload 2019 Jun 20 – 09:18 UTC

8 
0 
M17 from La Palma
Nick James
Obs 2018 May 14 – 03:46 UTC
Upload 2018 Jun 10 – 21:30 UTC

10 
0 
Snapshot of Sagittariu...
Nick James
Obs 2018 May 13 – 23:23 UTC
Upload 2018 May 15 – 16:18 UTC

6 
0 
Swan Nebula
Dean Ashton
Obs 2017 Aug 15 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2018 Mar 16 – 22:32 UTC

6 
0 
M17 Swan nebula with r...
Thomas Morris
Obs 2015 Sep 02 – 21:21 UTC
Upload 2017 Sep 27 – 21:36 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 17 in Sagittar...
Steve Broadbent
Obs 2017 Jul 31 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 05 – 20:30 UTC

0 
0 
Messier 17 in Sagittar...
Steve Broadbent
Obs 2017 Jul 31 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 05 – 20:30 UTC
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