Observation by Steve Brown: M17 (the Omega Nebula)

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2024 Aug 06 - 23:32

Uploaded

2024 Sep 10 - 13:44

Objects

The Omega Nebula (M17)

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Constellation

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 18^h20^m
Dec: -16°10'
Position angle: +19°28'

Field size

2°14' × 1°16'

Equipment

Canon 250D
Evostar 72ED
Star Adventurer

Exposure

24x 8s exp, 420mm fl, f/5.8, ISO-1600

Location

North Yorkshire, UK

Target name

M17 (the Omega Nebula)

Title

M17 (the Omega Nebula)

About this image

I wasn't sure how this one would turn out but this is my attempt at M17, the Omega Nebula in Sagittarius from 6 August 2024 at 23:32 UT. It was taken from the North York Moors on a clear but windy night. In addition to the wind blowing my rig around, this target is very low down from this part of the world, so I was photographing it through the murk. Also, my DSLR is unmodified, so I wasn't sure how much of the nebula it would pick up. In the end I had to fairly heavily process the resulting stacked image to get the nebula. I'm pretty pleased with it though.

Files associated with this observation

The Omega Nebula.jpg (2.7 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, Callum Potter, Tim Haymes

Comments

Jeremy Shears, 2024 Sep 10 - 15:41 UTC

A fine image. I do like it when you can see a deep sky object set within the context of its field.

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