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M 17 Omega Nebula HOO, Eric Smith
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M 17 Omega Nebula HOO

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M 17 Omega Nebula HOO

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Imaged at the Los Coloraos, Gorafe remote observatory in dome 2 over a few nights to principally test the C11 and dome sync.
The camera was a borrowed ZWO ASI1600MC Cool from the complex while my camera was being used in dome 4 on the C14 telescope.

It is a very close up image and really needs a shorter focal length to include all the nebula, but it does show up some nice details in the bright core.  I limited the Ha extracted from the l-enHance filter to allow more of the Oiii signal to give greater contrast to the image.

I hope you like the slightly different point of view of this iconic bright nebula.
Thanks for looking.

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M 17 Omega Nebula HOO, Eric Smith