Messier 17 or NGC 6618 (Omega Nebula) Wall Art including Frame canvas 2-metre telescope at ESO’s La

2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile young stars huddle together against a backdrop of clouds of glowing gas and lanes of dust

cataloged as IC 5146 and located in the constellation Cygnus

Credit: ESA & Garrelt Mellema (Leiden University

S-shaped feature

It spans an angle equal to about one third the diameter of the Full Moon

Messier 17 or NGC 6618 (Omega Nebula) Wall Art including Frame canvas 2-metre telescope at ESO’s LaThree colour composite image of the Omega Nebula (Messier 17, or NGC 6618), based on images obtained with the EMMI instrument on the ESO 3. 58 metre 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. The three filters used are B (blue), V ("visual",