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Hello! This is to let editors know that File:VST image of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17 (Omega Nebula).jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for August 17, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-08-17. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^{( talk)}_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 11:27, 31 May 2022 (UTC) reply

The Omega Nebula is an H II region, a type of emission nebula, in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Jean-Philippe Loys de Cheseaux in 1745. Charles Messier catalogued it in 1764 as number 17 in his set of comet-like astronomical objects. The nebula is by some of the richest starfields of the Milky Way, in the northern two-thirds of Sagittarius. This astrophotograph of the Omega Nebula was taken by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), located at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile. Captured by OmegaCAM, the VST's wide-field camera, in 2011, the photograph was the telescope's first image to be released. Photograph credit: ESO/ INAF- VST/ OmegaCAM Recently featured: Double-barred finch Bengal tiger Ortolan bunting Archive More featured pictures

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