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.