M17 M17 Swan Nebula

This image of M17 is composed of ten 20 second exposures summed together. They were taken on top of Table Mountain near Wrightwood on July 4th, 1997 with my Meade LX200 10" F/6.3 telescope and a CB245 CCD camera.

M17 (the Swan Nebula) is located in Sagittarius not to far from M20.

RA (2000)
18:20.9
DEC (2000)
-16:11
Magnitude
7.0
Size
46 x 37 arc min
Distance
~ 5700 Light Years
Object Type
Nebula

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