M 17 early morning image

[bmitchell82]

Well the weather has been clear hence a few installments have been rolling out. This latest one is of M 17 the Swan or Omega nebula, i love it for the white nebulosity to which i thought was actually just blown out data at one stage! hope you enjoy.

12 x 10 min ISO 800
no flats, darks, bias subtracted
Ambient temp approximately 14 deg

EQ6/10"/canon 40d
Finderguider/DSI

http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww3/brendanmitchell1982/m-17-post.png

as usual comments are welcome:thumbsup:

[peeb61]

Nice image Brendan,
good to see somebody is getting some dark skies.

Paul

[Garyh]

Looks very nice Brendan :thumbsup: The neb colors look right on, just need to get those flats happening

[jjjnettie]

Thanks for posting Brendan, I love this nebula too.