Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M17 in Hydrogen-alpha Light Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: M17 & IC4701	The Omega Nebula Emission Nebula	Const.: Sagittarius
Camera: SBIG STL11000M	Scope: Tele Vue NP127is	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 7x8m	blank
This image shows the region around M17, the Omega Nebula, including IC4701 in Sagittarius in Hydrogen-alpha light. This image was acquired using an SBIG STL11000M CCD camera mounted on a Tele Vue NP127is. This image is a stack of 7 eight-minute exposures that were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4Win Version 2. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 4008x2672.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: M17 (NGC6618)	The Omega Nebula - Emission Nebula	Const.: Sagittarius
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 8x8m	TeleVue Paracorr
The Omega Nebula, M17, an emission nebula in Sagittarius. This image is a stack of 8 eight minute exposures shot through a Hydrogen-alpha filter. The exposures were acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian equipped with a Paracorr. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected, stacked and exponential histogram-shaped using AIP4WIN. Wavelet Sharpening was applied to enhance the structure. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1392x1040.