This image consists of 35 4-minute exposures (dark master subtracted) taken on July 7th and 13th in Abbotsford.
The Omega nebula is located in Sagittarius above the Eagle nebula. The red areas are hot hydrogen gas excited by radiation from nearby hot stars which have just formed within the nebula. The nebula contains a large amount of dark obscuring material - giving rise to its distinctive shape - which is heated by hidden young stars and visible in infrared wavelengths. Its distance is estimated at 5,000 ly.
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