Omega Nebula in Sagittarius ( Messier 17 , NGC 6618 ) – by Mike O’Day ( 500px.com/MikeODay ) by MikeODay

Omega Nebula in Sagittarius ( Messier 17, NGC 6618 ).
by Mike O’Day ( 500px.com/MikeODay )

Visible to the naked eye the Omega Nebula (also known as the Swan, Horseshoe or Lobster Nebula) M17 is in the Milkyway and is aound 4200 light years distance from Earth

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RA 18h 22m, Dec -16deg 10′.
Skywatcher Quattro 10″ f4 Newtonian.
Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount
Orion Short Tube 80mm guide scope & auto guider – PHD2.
Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, UHC-S ‘Nebula’ filter.
Nikon D5300 (unmodified).
Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90.
37 x 100 sec ISO800.
Pixinsight & Photoshop
14 August 2015

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Ptolemy’s Cluster in Scorpio ( Messier 7, NGC 6475 ) – by Mike O’Day ( http://ift.tt/1Is21aB ) by MikeODay

Ptolemy’s Cluster in Scorpio ( Messier 7, NGC 6475 ).

Visible to the naked eye as a small bright patch in the sky, this open cluster is around 980 light years away with around 80 stars within a area of 25 light years or so.

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RA 17h 54m, Dec -34deg 47′.
Skywatcher Quattro 10″ f4 Newtonian.
Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount
Orion auto guider – PHD2.
Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector.
Nikon D300 (unmodified).
Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90.
18 x 30 sec ISO800.
23 May 14

Reprocessed Pixinsight 8 Sep 2015

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Flame and Horsehead Nebulae near Alnitak in Orion – by Mike O’Day ( http://ift.tt/1Is21aB ) by MikeODay

Orion’s Belt – centered on “Alnitak”, a 1.7 magnitute triple star at one end of the belt.

Includes the Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and IC434 which contains the Horsehead Nebula.

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Looking for bees in Gourdon – by Mike O’Day ( http://ift.tt/1Op15wT ) by MikeODay

Gourdon, France

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