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Swan Nebula
M17
Object
Type
Diffuse Nebula
Constellation
Sagittarius
Distance
5,000 ly
Magnitude
6
Angular Size
11 arc min
Size
More Info
SEDS
APOD
Essay by Robert Gendler ©
Image
Date
7/13/2007
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data
Ha 75 mins @ -5C
Ha 5x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics
Vixen VC200L
Focal Length
1280mm @f/6.4
Mount
Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera
SBIG ST-2000XM (KAI-2020M)
Focuser
Robo-Focus
Filters
CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha
Software
Maxim DL, Photoshop
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