Swan Nebula
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| IMAGE INFORMATION | OBJECT INFORMATION | ||
| Telescope | Epsilon E160 on AP900GTO | Designation | M17 |
| Focal Length | F/3.3 528mm | Position | RA 18h 21m DEC -16* 12' |
| Guiding | Internal guide chip | Type | Nebula |
| Control | MaximDL | Magnitude | 7 |
| CCD Camera | Sbig ST2000XM | Size | 25 arcminutes, 75 LY Dia |
| Image Scale | 2.89 arcsec | Distance | 5700 Light years |
| Filters | AstroDon Gen 2 LRGB | Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Exposures | 8 min Lum 1x1, 5 min ea RGB 2x2 | ||
| Calibration | Flats, Bias, darks | ||
| Software | MaximDL, Photoshop CS2 | ||
| Date | Texas Star Party May 2010 | ||
| NOTES: Very poor seeing
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