Messier 17 ZWO ASI 071

[benklerk]

The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. The Omega Nebula is between 5,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth and it spans some 15 light-years in diameter. The cloud of interstellar matter of which this nebula is a part is roughly 40 light-years in diameter. It is considered one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions of our galaxy. Its local geometry is similar to the Orion Nebula except that it is viewed edge-on rather than face-on.
The open cluster NGC 6618 lies embedded in the nebulosity and causes the gases of the nebula to shine due to radiation from these hot, young stars.

GSO RC 6"
HEQ5 PRO
ZWO ASI 071
14 x 4min.

[cometcatcher]

Beautiful colours. Love the images from this scope.

[RickS]

:thumbsup:

[Placidus]

Gorgeous. Well done.

[vlazg]

Nice, great colour. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

love the result you got, great colours and nice framing but the BP seems to be a tad pushed and maybe crop out the stacked frame effect at the bottom

[strongmanmike]

Yes Ben, you have sound colour extraction techniques, that's for sure, lovely :thumbsup:

Mike