Oknoder Loc: Western North Dakota

The Omega Nebula is between 5,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth and it spans some 15 light-years in diameter. The cloud of interstellar matter of which this nebula is a part is roughly 40 light-years in diameter and has a mass of 30,000 solar masses. The total mass of the Omega Nebula is an estimated 800 solar masses

I must thank Jim (Albuqshutterbug) for suggesting this target I only got a couple images until it decided to hide behind my deck railing. It was very close to the horizon, also toward the only light pollution I have which is towards the oil fields.

I acquired five images at 120s 200ISO and a single HA at 20min which I added to the luminescence of the final image. It brought out a bit of detail in the surrounding nebula and core.

Not the best but I figured this could be my once a month contribution lmmfao.
Matthew

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CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Thank you Matthew for all the great information and the wonderful PP shot. You scored again.
Craig

Oknoder Loc: Western North Dakota

Thanks Craig, I tried uploading the original raw but it kept failing to load, maybe I'll try later if I remember.

Matthew

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Very nice. And considering how many extra miles of atmosphere that light is traveling through, doubly impressive. I also tried to figure out how much atmosphere an object on the horizon must pass through. In Googling, I have found a broad range of values ranging from a couple hundred miles of atmosphere to over 600 miles of atmosphere. For straight up, we have I suppose 12 or so miles of dense atmosphere and beyond that it tapers off fairly fast to almost nothing at around 60 miles or so.

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Nice shot of what I know is a tough object right now.
I need to wait for clear skies again.
And I'm a mile closer to it. :-D