M16 Eagle Nebula in Serpens Cauda

M16 (Messier 16) is known as the Eagle Nebula. It is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky, and is visible in both the northern and southern hemispheres.

 

The Eagle Nebula is a large cloud of gas and dust where new stars are born. When you look at this nebula you are seeing a stellar object that is approximately 7000 light-years away.

 

The newborn stars in the Eagle Nebula are very hot, which illuminates M16’s hydrogen gas as seen in the Pillars of Creation image made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope.

 

 

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus

Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C

Filter: Optolong eNhance filter

Focuser: ZWO EAF

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290MM Mini guidecam

Guidescope: William Optics Refractor 50/200 mm 50mm

 

Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 81 APO

Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

 

Stacked from:

Lights 37 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Darks 30 at 180 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Flats 30 at 10 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

Dark Flats 30 at 10 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C

 

Bortle 4 sky.

Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor and adjusted in Photoshop CS4.

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