M17 with 140F7.5 refractor

We had a clear night and i was able to get a few shots off before the nebula sank into the south-western horizon. I will probably re-shoot this one to include S2 line also.

2x20 minute exposure 140F7.5 refractor at F5.7. Red = H-a, green = 1/2(Ha + O3), blue = O3. This is a crop of the full size image.

Rolando

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Full image reduced to 1/4 size.

Rolando

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Very nice, the camera works well with the new refractor!

Great shot Roland! 8)

Very dramatic and incredibly sharp image.

Do you have plans to increase production of this like you did with your mounts?

Greg.

I added 3 hours of S2 to my Ha-O3 data to get something similar to the Hubble palette (red = S2, green = Ha, blue = H3). I am not entirely happy with the results at this point, but with no clear skies to add more data, this is the result.

Rolando

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