Skymonsters

Astrophotography by Nicola Montecchiari

M17 & IC4701

Emission Nebula M17 & IC4701
Date/Place2016-07-04 at Tortorici (ME)
CoordinatesAR 18h 18m 43s DEC -16° 19'49"
InstrumentTakahashi FSQ85ED
CameraQSI583wsg
IntegrationRGBH compositon RGB:6x600 sec. H-alpha: 15x1200 sec. CCD Temp: -15°C
CommentA very long project as I started to image the RGB channels on 2014, but the H-alpha data was rotated with respect to the RGB data, so basically good but useless. This year I could at last complete the project adding H-alpha data and more frame in the Blue channel.