M17 : the Omega nebula

Martin Nicholson

Image captured over the Internet using the remote observatory Rent-A-Scope, Mahill, New Mexico, USA. Latitude, 32° 54’ 14”; longitude, 105° 31.’44 W. Takahashi Epsilon 250-mm f/3.8 astrograph and an ST-8XE CCD camera on a Paramount GT1100ME mount. Exposures: H-alpha, 8 x 60s; red, 2 x 60s; green, 2 x 60s; blue, 2 x 60s; total, 14m.