Omega Nebula
Omega
Description: Emission Nebula
Common Name: Omega Nebula
Messier Catalogue: 17
NGC: 6618
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
Sharpless: N/A
Constellation: Sagittarius
Size: 46.0 x 37.0 Arc Minutess
Visual Magnitude: +6.00
Distance: 4,200 Light Years
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 400
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 13 x 180 Seconds
Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 01/06/2019
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?: Yes
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: ExploreStars
Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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