The Omega Nebula (IMAGE)

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The Omega Nebula

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This is a three-color composite image of the Omega Nebula (Messier 17), based on images obtained with the EMMI instrument on the ESO 3.58-meter New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory. North is down and East is to the right in the image. It spans an angle equal to about one third the diameter of the Full Moon, corresponding to about 15 light-years at the distance of the Omega Nebula.

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