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M18 and M17 together
Two Messier objects - M18, a sparse open cluster, at left, 4230 light-years away,; and M17, the Swan or Omega Nebula, at right, 5 to 6 thousand light-years distant, both in Sagittarius.

M18 and M17 together

Two Messier objects - M18, a sparse open cluster, at left, 4230 light-years away,; and M17, the Swan or Omega Nebula, at right, 5 to 6 thousand light-years distant, both in Sagittarius.




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Filename:M17_20230719_OSC2.jpg
Album name:27telp / Nebulae
Location and Date:OCA Observation Site near Anza, California, 7/19/2023
Equipment:Imaging - Celestron RASA-11 scope, ZWO ASI2600MC one-shot-color camera, IDAS NBZ filter; Mount - Astro-Physics 1200GTO; Guiding - Borg 50mm guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar camera
Settings:50 exposures @300 seconds apiece, bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding - PHD2; processing - PixInsight 1.8.9, Adobe Lightroom
Filesize:2325 KiB
Date added:Sep 26, 2023
Dimensions:2535 x 1647 pixels
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Color Space:sRGB
EXIF Offset:404
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:Two Messier objects - M18, a sparse open cluster, at left, 4230 light-years away,; and M17, the Swan or Omega Nebula, at right, 5 to 6 thousand light-years distant, both in Sagittarius.
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Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.4 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:M18 and M17 together
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd © 2023
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