Eagle Nebula

The large nebulae are coming, will you be ready?

 

For the Eagle Nebula shown here, I can start collecting photons at 2:30am from the backyard.

 

It's a tempting target on late April nights, and definitely one of the "heavy hitters" of the night sky.

 

The large emission nebulae in Cygnus are also up by then, and by mid-May, it's a landrush.

 

Photographed late May 2020.

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