Giancarlo Melis

The Omega Nebula, or M17, is one of the brightest and most spectacular nebulas, often featured in the old astronomy books I read as a child. This star-forming region, located in the constellation Sagittarius about 5,000-6,000 light-years from Earth, has captured my attention since I was young. Spanning 15 light-years and composed of ionized gas and dust, it shines thanks to the massive young stars within it. Fascinated by the historic images in star atlases, having moved to a dark place with an unobstructed southern horizon, I decided to capture M17 with my amateur equipment. Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 183 MC-Pro Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120 M-Mini Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro Filters: IDAS NBZ Accessories: ZWO ASI AIR Plus, ZWO EAF 2.0 Lights: 30x10" + 160x120" Darks: 10x10" + 10x120" Thank you for watching. Giancarlo.

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Hello! Here's the squid nebula from my backyard. Equipment: Imaging telescope / lens: Celestron RASA 200/400 mm RASA 8 Imaging camera: ZWO Optical ASI 183 MC-Pro (CMOS) Mount: Equatorial Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Guiding telescope / lens: ZWO Optical Refractor 50/168 mm Mini Guide Scope Guiding camera: ZWO Optical ASI 120 M-Mini Filters: IDAS Multi-Narrowband NBZ 2.00" Accessories: Automatic focuser ZWO Optical EAF ver. 2 Processed with: PixInsight (Pleiades Astrophoto) 1.8.3 Acquisition: Lights (filter Multi-Narrowband): 276 x 120 sec Total lights integration time: 9:12 hours Thanks for watching.

Thank you all. I am glad you liked the image

Hi! This is my first picture in this forum. Here's my first Trifid nebula, from my backyard, under Bortle 4 sky. Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 183 MC-Pro Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120 M-Mini Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro Filters: Optolong L-PRO Accessories: ZWO ASI AIR Plus, ZWO EAF 2.0 Lights:30x10" + 100x120" Darks:10x10" + 10x120" Thank you for watching. Giancarlo.