Horseshoe Nebula, Swan Nebula ( M17 NGC6618 )
Size: 11' x 11' Magnitude: 7.00 RA: 18:20:48 DEC: 00:11:00
Best obeserved in June at midnight
Scope:Astro-Physics 155mm f/7, Astro-Physics 900 QMD
Imaging Method:prime focus
Camera/CCD:SBIG STL 11000XM
Location:Namibia
Condition:Seeing: - - Transparency: 6 / 10
Exposure:Ha: 9x 10 minutes (1x1 binning), L: 5x 5 minutes (1x1 binning), R(5) G(7) B(5) x 5 minutes (2x2 binning)
Description:SBIG RGB filterset, MaxIm DL, PhotoShop
Photographer:Stefan Seip, 19.05.2004
photo ranked: 6.99 with 98 votes (not realtime, last updated: 13.11.2009 12:50)
References to more Photos:

If you want to judge the quality of that photo, please...
(Be fair and take into account that faint and small objects are more difficult than bright and big ones!)

© 1997 - 2010 astroscopic labs for design and web programming - photo or article is copyrighted by the photographer or author, respectively