Object: The Swan or Omega Nebula (M17) in Sagittarius
Exposure: Single 30-minute exposure
Processing: Film processed at PDQ in Las Cruces and photograph scanned with an HP Scanjet 3300
Telescope: Meade 10" LX200 @ f/6.3
Guiding: Manual
Camera: Pentax K1000 @ Prime Focus
Film: 35mm Kodak Royal Gold 400
Location: Texas Star Party - Ft. Davis, Texas
Date: 5/15/01
Comments: This is another beautiful nebula in the southern Milky Way. Hydrogen gas glowing red in the shape of a swan.

© Dave Dockery 2001