M17 Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia Equipment - GSO RC12. PME and STXL11002 Guiding - AOX Software - MaximDL 6, Focusmax V4, SkyX, CCDautopilot 5 LHaOIIIRGB 14 hours Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6 Object -M17 is located in the constellation of Sagittarius at a distance of around 5000-6000 light years. Also known as the Omega or Swan nebula. The omega nebula is about 15 light years in diameter and contains 800 solar masses.
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