Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | M 17, NGC 6618, Omega Nebula, Swan Nebula |
| Constellation | Sagittarius (Sgr) |
| Description | M 17, the Omega nebula - also
referred to as the Swan - is a beautiful emission nebula showing a figure
2 shape. It was discovered by Messier in 1764 and lies about 6000
lightyears from earth.
There are also filtered images (H-Alpha light) taken with a 10" Maksutov-Newtonian as well as with a 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien telescope. |
| Exposure | RGB 20:20:39 min @ -25°C |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE selfguided, CFW-8, Astronomik Type II LRGB Filterset |
| Optics | Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2 (prime focus) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Registar, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 02Aug2002 - 05:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8-9, Seeing 5-6, Temperature -2°C |
