#UMPlus - Messier 17 by Frank Sackenheim
https://www.universomagico.net/2025/04/messier-17-por-frank-sackenheim.html
This excellent image by astronomer Frank Sackenheim shows the Messier 17 nebula, also cataloged as Gum 81 and Sh2-45. This nebula is ionized by ultraviolet radiation from the young stars in the open star cluster NGC 6618. Messier 17's shape has been sculpted by the stellar winds from these same.....
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