Another stunning duo of Nebulae lying in the Sagitarius arm of our milky way galaxy M16 The Eagle Nebula and also known as The Star Queen Nebula is a star forming region 7000 light years distant in the Constellation Serpens and M17 The Omega Nebula, also known as The Swan, Checkmark, Lobster and The Horseshoe Nebula is a HII region also approximately 7000 light years distant in the Constellation Sagitarius.
Captured in H-Alpha using the QHY11 Mono CCD and Takahashi E-180 from Western Michigan, This pair of Nebulae are a little easier for me to capture than M8 and M20 as they are between 9 and 10 degrees higher in altitude.
Total Exposure/Integration time just under 2 hours
Image details
Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI
Date of Shoot: July 18th 2014
H-Alpha 104 min, 13 x 8 min bin 1x1
QHY11 monochrome CCD cooled to -20C
Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition Maxim DL
Stacking and Calibrating: CCDStack
Post Processing Photoshop CS5
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