M16-Eagle Nebula - HOO - Explored October 14, 2020

The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16 or M16) is nebulosity surrounding a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. The dark center of the nebula was made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" when imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is approximately 5700 light years from Earth.

 

This image is the one that the starless images was created from. It is a more natural rendition than the Hubble Palette version.

 

Equipment Details:

•8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector

•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount

•SBIG ST2000xm CCD Camera

•SBIG CFW8a Filter Wheel

•Astronomik Ha (12Nm) and Oiii (12Nm) Filters

•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope

•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera

•Polemaster for polar alignment

 

Exposure Details:

•Ha 25X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Oiii 29X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

 

Total Integration Time: 2 hours 42 minutes

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