M17 Portrait

[diegocolonnello (Diego)]

Lets see, this is my new take on this one, more work processing and different framing...

Hope you like it, i think i am done with M17....





M17 Portrait...
Contains: Omega nebula, M 17, NGC 6618
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens: Saxon 250 DS F5
Imaging camera: ZWO Optical ZWO ASI 1600MM cool
Mount: TAKAHASHI NJP Temma 2
Guiding telescope or lens: Saxon 250 DS F5
Guiding camera: QHYCCD QHY5L-II
Software: Luc Coiffier's DeekSkyStacker, Adobe Lightroom Light room CC, APT - Astro Photography Tool APT3.13
Filters: ZWO S-II 7nm, zwo Oiii, ZWO H-alpha
Accessories: Nexdome Observatory, ZWO Optical Off Axis Guider, ZWO Optical Zwo Filter Wheel 7 x 36mm, QHYCCD Polemaster
Resolution: 1286x1696
Dates: Aug. 22, 2017
Frames:
ZWO H-alpha: 15x90" (gain: 138.00) -15C bin 1x1
ZWO S-II 7nm: 10x300" (gain: 138.00) -15C bin 1x1
zwo Oiii: 12x180" (gain: 138.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 1.8 hours
Avg. Moon age: 0.25 days
Avg. Moon phase: 0.07%
Astrometry.net job: 1699672
RA center: 275.269 degrees
DEC center: -16.101 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.627 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 183.844 degrees
Field radius: 0.481 degrees

[gregbradley]

Love the composition and the colours. Very dramatic and interesting. M17 can be boring in some presentations so super well done.

Greg.

[Atmos (Colin)]

That looks fantastic Diego!!

[DJT (David)]

That's a really dramatic image. Completely freaks me out how much data you are pulling in for such short NB subs and the processing is great.

[traveller (Bo)]

Very dramatic and nice details, well done!
Bo

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Beautiful image mate.
Sorry - dealing with too much emotional stuff to comment further right now but just wanted you to know that Imo that's a crackerjack image

[JA]

Well done Diego.
It's Jurassic Park in the heavens. A tyrannosaur with its head turned down and to its left with a double star for a left eye. Herman - eat your heart out.

Best
JA

[RickS (Rick)]

Very striking, Diego.