M17

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

M17 The Omega Nebula:
http://www.starkeeper.it/M17.htm

Taken with a shared setup from SRO Observatory ... i never had such kind of data under my hands ... its an RGB imaged from a so far to be perfect setup.

I hope you'll find it interesting.

All the best,
Leo

[RickS (Rick)]

Lovely colour, Leo! We should be getting some really great data when the flexure issue is resolved.

Cheers,
Rick.

[gregbradley]

Stunning. I am surprised there is no Ha in that. I assumed with that much colour it had Ha in it. Superb.

Greg.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Beautiful Swan, really well done!

[Paul Haese]

Star shapes aside, this is a nice looking Omega. Cool detail.

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Thank you for seeing the picture and commenting I hope the owner change the external guider with an OAG.

Sorry if i posted but i'm so happy !! Also if i recognize the stars are square ... from my skies this kind of data are a dream.

All the best,
Leo

[Atmos (Colin)]

I am still very amateur in all of this but I believe what is being mentioned is that on the top left part of the image the stars are elongated compared to the centre where they are pin point.
Overall the image is fantastic with great resolution!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

I am still very amateur in all of this but I believe what is being mentioned is that on the top left part of the image the stars are elongated compared to the centre where they are pin point.

We have had some collimation issues and also differential flexure between the guide scope and main scope. Probably with a little sensor tilt as well. Hopefully, we'll get it all dialed in soon...

Leo: I'm with you voting for an OAG. I have a Ceravolo 300 at home and it works really well with off axis guiding at 2700mm.

Cheers,
Rick.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Lovely and very colourful Leo, with some nice details too

Mike

[Rex]

WOW, Leo please don't feel like you have to appologise mate. If your appologising for an image like that, well......what chance do I have lol. Seriously dude, that's a nice image. Flexure, tilt whatever, it's beautiful. Well done, and thanks for sharing your excitement.

[Boyd]

That's a fantastic image Leo! Great colour

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

Thanks !

All the best,
Leo

[multiweb (Marc)]

Missed that one. Looks excellent Leo. The colours are so vivid.