M17

"The Swan or Omega Nebula"

Constellation- Sagittarius

Right Ascension: 18h 21m 04s

Declination: -16° 10' 57"

Distance: 5,000 light years

Visual Brightness: 7.0 mag

Apparent Dimension: 11.0 arc minutes

Image info:

Date- June 20, 2004

Telescope/Focal length/Camera- Nexstar 11GPS @ f/7.05, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations: LRGB L = 10 x 240 seconds binned 2x2, RGB = 5 x 240 seconds each

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned in CCDSoft Ver 5.0, combined in Photoshop 5.0