M17 & ic4701

[Nicola]

After a long time not processing anything, mainly due to lack of new raw frames, I eventually processed this new image, of the wide field that comprises the emission nebulas M17 and IC4701. In this nice h-alpha emission rich area, I’d like to highlight the presence of the open cluster M18, of the small emission nebula Sh2-47 and of a little reflection nebula, VdB120; the last one barely visible as it is superimposed to IC4701.

Technical info and higher resolution image may be found here: http://skymonsters.net/immagine.php?img=M17_IC4701_HRGB.jp g

Comments and criticism always welcome

[Atmos]

Lovely shot Nikola, nice detail in M17 and of the extended Ha nebulosity :)

[Stevec35]

Nice wide field Nicola - looks great!

Steve

[Nicola]

Colin & Steve, thanks a lot for the appreciation!

[Retrograde]

You've captured a great field there. A really nice and quite different rendition of M17 and its surrounds.

[strongmanmike]

That's a lot of Hydrogen there :eyepop:, nice work Nicola, I like how you have managed to show the body of the swan is a different colour hue than the rest of the field :thumbsup:

Mike

[Adso]

Very nice photo! :-)