Messier 17 Swan or Omega Nebula

This nebula in Sagittarius is around 5500 lightyears distant. The nebula is one of the largest star-forming regions in the galaxy and the embedded star cluster is thought to be only a million years old.

This LRGBHa image is the result of 55m of data capture on an evening in August 2021, remotely imaged from Spain with an SBIG STL-6303 camera through a 12.5-inch Planewave CDK reflector.

Date: 03/08/2021

Photographer: Graham Wilcock

Messier 17 Swan or Omega Nebula

This nebula in Sagittarius is around 5500 lightyears distant. The nebula is one of the largest star-forming regions in the galaxy and the embedded star cluster is thought to be only a million years old.

This LRGBHa image is the result of 55m of data capture on an evening in August 2021, remotely imaged from Spain with an SBIG STL-6303 camera through a 12.5-inch Planewave CDK reflector.

Date: 03/08/2021

Photographer: Graham Wilcock