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Bookmark or Share- How to find and observe M17, the Swan Nebula - Love the Night SkyM17, also known as the Swan or Omega Nebula, is the brightest nebula in the Summer sky. This stellar nursery floats gracefully in Sagittarius, on its border with Serpens and Scutum, and stands out among the many treasures visible to the amateur astronomer.
- Omega Nebula - Science@NASAResembling the fury of a raging sea, this image actually shows a bubbly ocean of glowing hydrogen gas and small amounts of other elements such as oxygen and sulfur. The photograph, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, captures a small region within M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula.
- SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched | NASA Jet Propulsion ...One of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions in our galaxy, the Omega, or Swan, Nebula, came to resemble the shape resembling a swan's neck we see today only relatively recently. New observations reveal that its regions formed separately over multiple eras of star birth.
- Messier 17: Omega Nebula - Messier ObjectsAlso known as the Swan Nebula, Lobster Nebula, Horseshoe Nebula and Checkmark Nebula, the Omega Nebula is one of the brightest star-forming nebulae of the Milky Way. Its designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 6618.
- Messier 17 (The Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula) - NASA ScienceM17, also known as the Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula, is one of the largest star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. Hubble’s stunning image of a central portion of the nebula has been colorized to highlight certain wavelengths of light.
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