M16 & Pillars of Creation

These towering tendrils of cosmic dust and gas sit at the heart of M16, or the Eagle Nebula. The aptly named Pillars of Creation, are part of an active star-forming region within the nebula and hide newborn stars in their wispy columns.

 

Telescope : T120 (www.obs-hp.fr/guide/t120.shtml)

Camera : Andor iKon-L 936 (www.obs-hp.fr/guide/camera-120/camera-120.shtml)

Filters : UBVRI Filter Set (www.obs-hp.fr/guide/camera-120/ubvri.shtml)

 

Acquisition :

Lights : RGB, total ~15min

Darks : no darks

Flats : 25 flats for each color

Bias : 25

 

Software :

Pre-processing : DeepSkyStacker

Processing : Siril, Pixinsight

Post-processing : Lightroom, Photoshop

Done