Object: M17 (NGC 6618) Swan Nebula in Sagittarius
Light-years: 5,700 Magnitude: ~ 6.0
Date/Time: 9/26/2001 @ 9:29 CDT
Comments: First light image with the HX916. Taken at 650 x 515 resolution. This giant molecular cloud is
one of the largest and most massive objects known in the Milky Way, also called the Horseshoe or Lobster
Nebula, it has a distance of about 15 light-years across.
Exposure: 13.5 mins (18 x 45sec), broadband nebula filter

Object: M17 (NGC 6618) Swan Nebula in Sagittarius
Light-years: 5,700 Magnitude: ~ 6.0
Date/Time: 8/26/2000 @ 10:50 CDT
Comments: 10" @ f/6.3 taken with the MX5-C and converted from the color image
Exposure: 11 mins (22 x 30sec), broadband nebula filter

Object: M17 (NGC 6618) Swan Nebula in Sagittarius
Light-years: 5,700 Magnitude: ~ 6.0
Date/Time: 7/26/97 @ 04:53 UT
Comments: 8" f/6 reflector
Exposure: 2.5 mins (10 x 15sec), narrowband nebula filter