M17 doesn’t look like a swan to me.
M17 is commonly known as the Swan Nebula or the Omega Nebula. From this angle, I think it looks more like a crab – but “Crab Nebula” was taken!
Shot over a hazy summer night, with narrowband filters for the gases of the nebula itself, and RGB natural-color filters for the stars. Presented processed with and without stars below.
![M17 Swan Nebula Omega Nebula](http://18.216.0.7/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/M17-866x1024.png)
![](http://18.216.0.7/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/M17_starless-943x1024.png)