M17

Swan Nebula in Emission-Line

M17

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Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Sagittarius

Distance

5,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

July 10, 2010

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

SII 9x10, Ha 9x10, OIII 9x10 (bin 1x1) as RGB

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

TAK MEF-1

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, 3nm Ha, 6nm OIII

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop