The Omega Nebula is also referred to as M17, being the seventeenth object listed in Charles Messier's catalog of things not to be confused with comets.
Get on the APOD PING list! 
To: MozartLover; Joan912; NovemberCharlie; snowfox; Dawgsquat; viligantcitizen; theDentist; grlfrnd...
APOD PING!
To: petuniasevan
Thanks for the ping! The heavens declare the glory of God.
To: petuniasevan
That orange thing in the lower left hand corner looks like the "Nexus" from the movie "Star Trek Generations".
6 posted on
05/01/2002 2:28:28 PM PDT by
aomagrat
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson