Credit & Copyright: Subaru   
Telescope     
(NAOJ),    
Hubble Space   
Telescope,    
Color data: Wolfgang Promper, Processing: Robert Gendler
Explanation:
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation,   
the star factory known as   
Messier 17   
lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation   
Sagittarius.   
   
At that distance, this degree wide field of view spans   
almost 100 light-years.   
   
The sharp,   
composite, color image   
utilizing data from space and ground based telescopes,   
follows faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds   
against a backdrop of central   
Milky Way stars.   
   
Stellar winds and energetic light   
from hot, massive stars formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas   
and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining interstellar material   
producing the cavernous appearance and   
undulating shapes.   
   
M17 is   
also known as the   
Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula.   
   
Color data: Wolfgang Promper, Processing: Robert Gendler
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