Scupted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich
constellation Sagittarius.
Image taken on May 5, 2010 at the Louisville Astronomical Society Curby, Indiana Observatory. Guiding wasn't very good, but my
equipment was new and I hadn't worked out all the bugs.
Image:
2x120 seconds for a total exposure of 20 minutes at ISO 800.
Image scale: 0.17 arcsec/pix
Field of View: 50.7 x 76.1 arcmin
Equipment:
Modified Konus 200mm f5 Newtonian
Losmany G-11 Gemini GEM mount
Losmandy heavy duty tripod
80mm f5 Orion Shorty guide scope
Orion Star shooter autoguider
Hutech modified Canon T1i
I plan to take long exposures of this object early this summer.
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Messier 17, The Omega Nebula, In Sagittarius
nice shot 
