The swan or Omega Nebula is about 6,000 light years from my telescope. However it is 15 light years wide! What is amazing is we are seeing it edge on can you if we saw it face on it would be 40 light years in diameter! NGC 6618 lies embedded in the nebulosity and causes the gases of the nebula to shine due to radiation from these hot, young stars. 2023-06-27 10:00 PM to 2023-06-28 1:00 AM 133 frames taken, 63 thrown out for turbulence.
These are really cool Rand! Must be the result of the super cooled camera. Love it!
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