Waning gibbous Moon shot September 22nd 2013 color
15 days old , 90.3 % illuminated , 388,190 km away
114 mm f8
Orion solar system IV
Stack of 60 frames in Avistack 2
31 image mosaic created in MsICE
Post in GiMP 2.8
The Omega Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius is 6,000 light-years distant and spans
a diameter of 15 light-years. Like the great nebula in Orion the Omega nebula is a star
forming region with an embedded open cluster of young stars.