Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
Nebula Eagle Nebula, M16, Stephen Heliczer FRAS
Nebula Eagle Nebula, M16
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Nebula Eagle Nebula, M16

Nebula Eagle Nebula, M16, Stephen Heliczer FRAS
Nebula Eagle Nebula, M16
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Nebula Eagle Nebula, M16

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The Eagle Nebula, M16 is about 6,000ly away. A young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, M16 has an area made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 thereafter named as the Pillars of Creation (I prefer the name Pillars of Star Formation). The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the Pillars where many protostars are present. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.

A combination of 120 subs x 60 seconds plus darks and flats. Celestron Edge HD 8 on AVX mount, ZWO ASI 2600MCPRO, Optolong L-eXtreme filter, Lacerta Autoguide, Sharpcap, Astro Pixel Processor, Starnet, PaintshopPro and Topaz DeNoise. We don't get to full astronomical darkness at this time of year, I am pretty happy with this capture from my light polluted back garden in the London suburbs, and 25 degrees max elevation and a bright moon.

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Nebula Eagle Nebula, M16, Stephen Heliczer FRAS