Messier 17 - Omega Nebula - HaLRGB

[Ryderscope]

M17 (aka Omega Nebula, Swan Nebula et al.) is a very popular imaging target and for good reasons. It has a lot to offer in terms of structure, detail and complexity. It is very bright which also offers challenges in taming the wide dynamic range.

Data for this image were collected during August and totals about 21 hours of integration time. Captured with my TSA120 OTA and ZWO ASI2600 MM camera (36mm Astronomik filter set). Didn't go the full narrowband with this one, just the traditional Ha L RGB. Image has been cropped from the original composition to improve (in my opinion) how the nebula is presented in the field.

Link to Astrobin post here.
(https://astrob.in/9cd30t/0/)Click on link in Astrobin for full resolution.

Clear skies,
Rodney

[Leo.G]

That's beautiful Rodney and all of the stars are so crisp right to the edges of the frame.
Even more stunning on Astrobin.

[Dave882]

Great work Rodney. Crisp, bright and detailed...I really liked the starless roll-over on Astrobin too. The starless versions is utterly mesmerising!!

[strongmanmike]

As others have commented, crisp and clean, nice work :thumbsup:

Mike

[Ryderscope]

Thank you all. I did crop this one down from the full field as I felt that there was too much negative space with little interest to the eye with the original composition.

[Startrek]

Rodney,
This is a really nice image of the Swan
Beautiful colour and detail
You can’t beat Ha LRGB renditions on emission nebula and this one is top notch.
Well done !!
Martin

[Ryderscope]

Thanks Martin. I will visit this one again next season and grab some OIIII and SII data. It will be good to have both the Ha LRGB and narrowband versions.