M 17* (Sh2-45) / NGC 6618 (Cr 377) Bright Nebula / Open Cluster in Sagittarius
Located at*: RA 18 hours 20 minutes 45 seconds, Dec -16 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 11' x 6.0' / 27'; Magnitude: 6.9 / 6.0; Class: (Sharpless) 3 3 3 / III 3 m n
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -10c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 250 minutes (25 x 10 minute subs), 09/02/03/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes:* | M 17 is also known as the 'Swan, Checkmark, Horseshoe and Omega' nebula. The open cluster NGC 6618 fills the East (left) side of this image. M17's nebulous designations are Sh2-45 and LBN 60. Associated with the larger field is the bright nebula IC 4706-07 off to the West (right) |