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M16 is an emission nebula in the Serpens constellation, around 7000 light years from earth.
I actually captured this data during the year of which we do not speak (2020). Since then, my processing skillset has improved quite a bit, so I felt a reprocess was in order. Overall, quite happy with the result.
The area is most "famous" because of the elongated structures throughout (the iconic "pillars of creation" imaged by the Hubble telescope). So what's going on there?
The reason for these structures to appear is twofold:
1) Material in those areas is so dense that it starts to collapse in on itself (by itself, we mean the core region). This is essentially what causes new stars to be formed within.
2) Because of the presence of these stars, a process called "photoevaporation" occurs. This quite simply means that radiation from those newly formed stars is blowing the structure apart from the inside. Only the densest areas are able to hold so to speak, while the outer areas are being blown away. As a result, you end up with a very distinct almost carved out looking dense structure.
Image acquisition details:
25x300" HA
25x300" OIII
25x300" SII
M16 Nébuleuse de l'Aigle en HOO
Essai en bi couleur HOO pour essayer de se rapprocher des couleurs d'émission
EQM-35 GOTO PRO + Polemaster
TS PHOTOLINE 80 / 560 + Réducteur TS 0,79x
Altair-Astro 183 MM ProTec refroidie
Baader H-alpha 7nm : 40 x 180s Bin 1x1 à -15 °C
Baader O3 8.5nm : 40 x 180s Bin 1x1 à -15 °C
Exposition totale 4H00
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer 2i.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
L-Extreme 33x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight.
This beautiful sight, The Pillars of Creation is always a pleasure to work with. 7000 light years away. Here captured from Chile with TelescopeLive. About 4 hours of narrowband data.
Processed in PixInsight and LR.
ASI 294 MC PRO.
SV503, 80 ED Svbony con
aplanador x1 (560mm).
HEQ5 PRO.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc.
L-Extreme 40x300s.
Bortle 7.
PixInsight.
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
L-Extreme 33x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight, Topaz Denoise AI.
Nebulosa Aquila - Bicromia Halpha (60 pose da 10 minuti a 3200 iso) e OIII (13 pose da 10 minuti) realizzate in 5 diverse serate . Fotocamera Canon 700d non modificata e telescopio Newton 200/1000 su montatura Neq6 pro
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 is also known as The Eagle Nebula. This image of the region was made with groundbased narrow and broadband image data. It includes cosmic sculptures made famous in Hubble Space Telescope close-ups of the starforming complex. Described as elephant trunks or Pillars of Creation, dense, dusty columns rising near the center are light-years in length but are gravitationally contracting to form stars. Energetic radiation from the cluster stars erodes material near the tips, eventually exposing the embedded new stars. Extending from the ridge of bright emission at upper left is another dusty starforming column known as the Fairy of Eagle Nebula. M16 lies about 7,000 light-years away, an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes in a nebula rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake). (Text from APOD)
Made possible by the help and generosity of Larry Parker, head gaffer.
Mount: Paramount MYT
Scope: Vixen VCL200
Camera:QSI 683
L:R:G:B:Ha = 6:2:2:2:2 hours
Reprocessed Dec 2022
The **Eagle Nebula**, also known as **Messier 16 (M16)** or **NGC 6611**, is a stunning region of active star formation located about **7,000 light-years** from Earth in the **constellation Serpens**. It is best known for containing the **Pillars of Creation**, towering columns of gas and dust famously photographed by the **Hubble Space Telescope** in 1995.
This vast nebula spans about **70 by 55 light-years** and consists of **interstellar gas, dust, and young, hot stars** that illuminate and shape the surrounding material. The Eagle Nebula is a **stellar nursery**, where massive new stars are born from collapsing clouds of gas. These young stars emit intense ultraviolet light and powerful winds that sculpt the nebula’s features and erode the dense pillars from which they formed.
The "eagle" shape that gives the nebula its name is created by dark, silhouetted dust lanes against the bright background of glowing hydrogen gas. The Eagle Nebula is both a scientifically important object and a visually iconic one, offering astronomers insight into how stars and planetary systems form and evolve over time.
Shot in New Orleans, LA
Bortle 8 Skies
TEC140
AP900
SHO: 21 / 20 / 24 x15m
Total Integration = 16.25h
SXT/LF/SHO/NBNorm/NXT/NBStars/HT/Conv/Recreen
ColorEfex/Curves/Sat
The Eagle Nebula, or Star Queen Nebula, lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, about 5700 light-years distant. Made famous by the Hubble Telescope, the Pillars of Creation can be seen in the center.
This image is composed of Hydrogen, Sulphur, and Oxygen filters, 12 hours 40 minutes total integration. Espirt 120mm, QHY268M camera.
Object Details:
Designation: M16, The Eagle Nebula, Star Queen Nebula, NGC 6611, IC4703.
Constellation: Serpens.
Visual magnitude: +6.4
Apparent size: 35′ x 28′
Diameter: 58 light years.
Distance: 5,700 light years.
Altitude during exposure: 63° above N horizon.
Also in image: Trumpler 32, a nice star cluster with 30 stars no brighter than 12th magnitude, about 6′ diameter. Located on the right.
Image:
Exposure: 19 x 45 sec = 14.25 min.
Gain: 290.
Date: 2019-07-31.
Nouvelle cible d'été avec la nébuleuse de l'Aigle (M16), nébuleuse située à environ 7000 années lumières. Elle méritait plus de temps de poses mais elle est assez basse.
Au niveau matériel :
Lunette skywatcher Equinox 80ED
Monture Orion Atlas EQ-G
Caméra Omégon Vetec 533C (équivalent ZWO ASI 533MC)
Réducteur de focal 0.8
Guidage :
Chercheur 9X50
Caméra QHY 5 Lii c
Prise de vue :
24 images de 5 minutes soit un peu moins de 2H de poses
45 Darks, Flats et offsets
Logiciel de prise de vue:
Nina + PHD2
A star cluster around 2 million years young, M16 is surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas also known as The Eagle Nebula. This beautifully detailed image of the region includes cosmic sculptures made famous in Hubble Space Telescope close-ups of the starforming c omplex. Described as elephant trunks or Pillars of Creation, dense, dusty columns rising near the center are light-years in length but are gravitationally contracting to form stars. Energetic radiation from the cluster stars erodes material near the tips, eventually exposing the embedded new stars. Extending from the left edge of the frame is another dusty starforming column known as the Fairy of Eagle Nebula. M16 and the Eagle Nebula lie about 7,000 light-years away, an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes in a nebula rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake). [Text from APOD]
Optics: GSO RC 10" F8 2000mm - Astrograph Ritchie-Chrétien
Mount: AP Mach1 GTO on Gemini Q-Lock tripod
Camera: QSI 640 WSG
Filters: Astrodon LRGB I Series Gen II
Guiding Systems: SXV-AO-LF Active Optics - SX Lodestar
Dates/Times: A few nights in July and June of 2016-2017-2018-2020
Location: Pragelato - Turin - Italy
Exposure Details: H:L:R:G:B => 200:580:90:90:90 = > (10x20):(116x5):(18x5):(18x5):(18x5) [num x minutes]
Cooling Details: -25°C
Acquisition: Maxim DL/CCD, Voyager
Processing: CCDStack2+, PS 2018 CC
Mean FWHM: 1.57 / 3.28"
SQM-L: 20.18 / 20.33
Finally got around to making a modular rear end for our half track. Modified an older PA quad 50 design to fit in there. Has fold down sides. I ordered some DBG 1x2 handle pieces, just do not have them as of yet. We have 3 more variants in the works for the modular rear ends.
M17 to M16 The Swan and Eagle Nebulas
Taken on 9/5/16, I was going to add more subframes but I decided move on to other targets. Only 4 exposures, 20 minutes long.
No flats or bias and only 6 dark frames used
QHY10 One-Shot color
AstroTech AT65EDQ
Orion Sirius Mount(on pier)
The Eagle Nebula (M16) and the Omega Nebula (M17) are two iconic star-forming regions located in the constellation Serpens and Sagittarius, respectively. Both lie in the same rich region of the Milky Way and are separated by just a few degrees in the sky—making it possible to capture both in a single wide-field frame.
M16 (Eagle Nebula) is about 7,000 light-years away and is best known for the "Pillars of Creation," towering columns of gas and dust imaged famously by Hubble. This nebula spans roughly 70 light-years and is an active stellar nursery teeming with young, hot stars that sculpt the surrounding gas.
M17 (Omega/Swan/Nebula) lies slightly farther away at about 5,500 light-years and is one of the brightest and most massive H II regions in our galaxy. It spans roughly 15 light-years across and glows intensely due to ionization from its embedded young stars.
Raptor 61, FL 275, ZWO2600M, Optolong SHO, ASIAir Plus, AM5 mount
22 hrs integration, Bortle 1-2 Arizona
Another object that I can't reach from my backyard.. taken in the desert of Utah. Never realized those famous pillars would be visible in my small telescope.
from space.com: "The Eagle Nebula is located in the constellation Serpens and covers an area of 70 by 55 light-years. It is home to the iconic Pillars of Creation, made famous by an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995.
Parts of the Eagle Nebula are emission nebulas, meaning that the clouds of gas and dust are so hot they produce their own light. Other parts are dark nebulas, which are made of cold gas and are only visible because of the silhouettes they create against the nebula's glowing backdrop."
Askar 120APO: 840mm f/7
ZWO ASI533MM Mono Camera at -20C
Guided on ZWO AM5
20x180s with Ha filter
20x180s Oiii
20x180s Sii
Processed with PixInsight, Ps
I shot this object last year with my Nikon D750, so wanted to give it another go with the ZWO ASI183MC astro camera. A nice result! You can clearly make out the "Pillars of Creation" inside this nebula made famous by the Hubble Telescope.
The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation.
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes ED 80mm Refractor
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Color with UV/IR Blocking filter
- Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
- Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Auto Guider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: PHD2
- Light Frames: 25*4 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -17C
- Dark Frames: 25*4 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom
01-01-2021
Castelnuovo Scrivia
Tipo: pinhole (fondo curvo).
Marca: Zeme & Zeme
Modello: M17-PAN
Telaio: ZZ0316
Lunghezza Focale: 70 mm
Foro: 0,300 mm
Fuoco: f/233
Esposizione: 6 minuti
Formato: 120 (6x9) (fondo curvo)
Scanner EPSON V600 - 2400 dpi
Pellicola TMY-2 400 KODAK (Scad. 09/2018)
Sviluppo KODAK D76: 10':25''
The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is catalogued as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 5700 light-years distant in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745
Camera: Moravian G2 8300
Filters: 31mm unmounted Optolong
Optic: Televue 102 f/7
Mount: Ioptron CEM60 HP
Autoguider: camera Magzero 5m on SW 70/500, Phd guiding
Frames Ha 7nm: 13X600sec - RGB: 5X600sec each - Bin1 -20°
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop
l'été arrive doucement, avec ses constellations et ses nébuleuses
Direction la constellation du Serpent (partie de la queue de celle-ci).
Je vous présente la « célèbre » nébuleuse de l’Aigle, elle fait partie des nébuleuses les plus photographiées par tous les astronomes.
C'est une nébuleuse à émission enveloppant un petit groupe d’étoiles, l’amas ouvert M16 distante de nous de 7000 années-lumière.
La nébuleuse de l’Aigle par sa nature est une pouponnière d’étoile qui a donné naissance à cet amas ouvert par effondrement de son nuage.
Les étoiles se forment rarement isolément.
Les étoiles simples sont rares, les doubles fréquentes.
Les étoiles se forment très souvent à partir de très gros nuages de gaz et de poussières, qui se fragmentent en s’effondrant, et donnent naissance à de nombreuses étoiles en même temps.
Ce sont les amas ouverts.
Un amas ouvert regroupe environ de 100 à 10000 étoiles.
Au début, les étoiles d’un amas ouvert sont très proches les unes des autres, et elles se déplacent à peu près dans le même mouvement, de très faibles fluctuations initiales suffisent pour qu’au cours du temps (plusieurs centaines de millions d’années !) l’amas ouvert se disloque, les étoiles s’éloignant les unes des autres.
On observe dans notre Galaxie quelques centaines d’amas ouverts.
Le plus célèbre et le plus remarquable est l’amas des pleiades, visible à l’automne, il ressemble grossièrement à une Grande Ourse miniature.
Notre étoile a fait partie d’un amas ouvert lors de sa naissance.
La nébuleuse est rendue visible par l’excitation du gaz qui la compose, principalement l’hydrogène, ionisé par le rayonnement des jeunes étoiles formées et celles toujours en cours de formation.
Le centre de la nébuleuse est formée par des structures en colonne surnommées «Piliers de la création», trois colonnes d’hydrogène moléculaire froid et de poussières surmontées de petits globules (de futures étoiles).
Matériel
Lunette : FSQ-106ED, extender x1.6
Monture NEQ6 pro goto
caméra ZWO1600MC-C équipée filtre IDAS-LPS-D1
guidage avec lunette APM40/240 et caméra ZWO224
220 poses de 60s le 31.05.2022
Logiciels :
- NINA Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy (acquisition, pilotage de la monture et du focuser)
- PHD2 pour l'autoguidage
- PixInsight
- Gimp (cadre)
M16
The Eagle Nebula
Image taken using the
Telescope Live CHI-1 telescope.
El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Planewave CDK 24" f/6.5
CCD Camera: FLI ProLine PL9000 3056 x 3056
0.62 arcsec / px
Narrowband image using 3nm Astrodon filters.
Ha: 8 x 10m
OIII: 10 x 10m
SII: 4 x 10m
Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop CC2020
I pilastri della creazione - Bicromia Halpha (60 pose da 10 minuti a 3200 iso) e OIII (13 pose da 10 minuti) realizzate in 5 diverse serate . Fotocamera Canon 700d non modificata e telescopio Newton 200/1000 su montatura Neq6 pro
---Photo details----
Stacks RGB: 82x2min
Darks : 100
Flats: 100
Exposure Time : 2h44min
Stack program : PixInsight
---Photo scope---
Camera : ZWO ASI2600MC PRO
CCD Temperature : -10C
Filter(s) used: Optolong L-Pro
Tube : Takahashi FSQ-106 EDX4
Field flattener / Reducer : -
Effective focal length : 530 mm
Effective aperture : F/5
---Guide scope---
Camera : ASI Mini guider
Guide exposure : 2 sec
---Mount and other stuff---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
---Processing details----
NINA for acquisition, controlling the following:
- ASTAP (plate solving)
- PHD2 (guiding)
- Stellarium
PixInsight : stacking, alignment, background extraction, histogram manipulation
Lightroom for final touchups
Topaz Denoise for a last processing step
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
L-Extreme 33x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight.
Happy with this - first attempt at it as well.
Generally, an okay object but if you zoom into its center, you will see the so-called "Pillars of Creation", made famous by (much better than my) images made by Hubble.
The Pillars of Creation (Eagle Nebula, or Messier 16) are a stellar nursery, composed of gas and dust slowly eaten away by massive stars. Stars are being born inside the pillars due to the gas compressed into collapse by the powerful winds from the massive star cluster. The pillars are slowly being eroded but continue jutting out into the cleared region. This object lies 7,000 light years from Earth.
Image Details:
Imaging Scope: 80mm ED Refractor
Imaging Camera: Nikon D7000
Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval
Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot AutoGuider
Mount: Celestron CGEM
Exposures: 20*5 Minutes
ISO: 1000
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Treated in Photomatix Pro 5.1
Final Adjustments in Lightroom
M16 with the ES 127mm ED triplet APO refractor 952mm FL
Zwo ASI294MC Pro cooled color camera
Had clear skies last night, Better than last week, ok tracking
Optolong L eNhance 2" filter
Zwo EAF and filter slider
#SharpCap Pro, PoleMaster
Ioptron i45 Pro EQ mount, PHD2 guiding
Orion 60mm guidescope Zwo 120MM-S
220 Gain offset 10, 0c cooling,
M16 was 124 minutes, 2 minute exposure each
30 darks 44 flats and 44 bias frames
Was playin with PS with layers to help control the core brightness
Astro Pixel Processor and PS
Telescope: Meade LX200 ACF 10"
Mount: 10 micron GM2000 HPS II
Filters: Astrodon RGB +Ha
Camera: QHY 268m
Processing: PixInsight
July 2022
From Lanciano - Italy -
Antonio Ferretti & Attilio Bruzzone - Gruppo Astrofili Frentani
Données FIN prise de vue
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Date : 2023-05-26
Objet : IC 4703 (M16)
Instrument : Lunette 80 ED Esprit Super APO Sky_Watcher
Camera : ZWO ASI1600 MC / Filtre = IrCut / Temp = -15°c / Gain= 139 / Offset = 21
Durée pose unitaire = 180s / Nombre de pose : 15
Traitement SIRIL et PHOTOSHOP / Gestion Stellarmate
Phase lunaire : First Quarter(0.211)
Données Météo fin de session
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Fin de session StellarMatte : 2023-05-26 03:46:25
Lever du soleil : 06:17 AM
Coucher du soleil : 09:43 PM
Conditions climatiques : clear sky
Couverture nuageuse : 0 %
Taux d'humidite de 91 %
Pression : 1023 hpa
Vitesse Vent : 22 km/h
Orientation : 51 ° (N=0° / Est = 90° / Sud = 180° / Ouest = 270°)
La temperature en fin de session est de 12 °c
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@ Frank TYRLIK -->>> www.flickr.com/photos/frank_tyrlik/
M16 The Eagle in HST palette
Since it's cloudy and I'm impatient, I added my HA data captured recently to older color data:
9/9/20:
HA-10x300 as LUM
QHY23M & Meade 8" LX-50
9/21-9/23 2017
LUM-28x30
Red-21x30
Green-18x30
Blue-23x30
HA-15x120
OIII-22x120
SII-16x120
QHY163M &11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar(F/2)
Also known as the Star Queen Nebula, the Eagle is #16 in Charles Messier's 1764 "not a comet list". It lies an estimated 7000 light years away in the constellation of Serpens
Center (RA, Dec):(274.721, -13.845)
Center (RA, hms):18h 18m 53.061s
Center (Dec, dms):-13° 50' 41.487"
Size:26.9 x 23.1 arcmin
Radius:0.295 deg
Pixel scale:1.39 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 258 degrees E of N
M16 contains two famous pillar groups: the Pillars of Creation, made famous by the iconic 1995 HST image, and the other major pillar which looks to me like a dragon head, also recorded in extreme resolution by the HST.
This image is the result of 4.5 hours of imaging on June 10 and 13, 2013 at Sugar Grove Observatory. See some more information at www.astrobin.com/45246
Messier 16, also known as the Eagle Nebula spans 70 light years by 55 light years in size, and is about 7000 light years from Earth and located in the constellation of Serpens. It is home to the famous "Pillars of Creation" which alone span 4 to 5 light years. These pillars are part of an active star forming region within the nebula. The solar winds of these hot, new stars have been slowly eroding and shaping these pillars.
SHO with Color camera (2600mc) about:
- 80 * 300s (6h40) with Dual Ha/OIII filter
- 26 * 600s (4h20) with SII filter
- 30 * 60s (0h30) with Luminance filter
Total integration: 11h30
refractor: TS CF-APO 90mm F/6+0.8x reductor
Camera: Asi 2600MC
Mount: Astrotrac 360
TMB LZOS 152 + Riccardi Reducer @ F/6
Atik 460EX + Astrodon Ha OIII SII 5nm
Parallax Instruments HD200c
Ha: 30x300s bin 1x1
SQM: 21.5-21.7
FWHM: 2"
Total exposure: 2.5h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
Pillars of creation in the Eagle nebula.
Shot in New Orleans in Bortle 8 skies.
Optron CEM70
Celestron C11 Edge HD
ASI 2600MC
L-Ultimate Dual Band Filter
35x600s OSC Images
M16 meglio conosciuta come nebulosa dell'aquila è una vasta regione di idrogeno.
La distanza è di circa 5700 anni luce anche se la misura è piuttosto incerta.
Fotografia scattata con l'osservatorio remoto personale 3zObservatory nel periodo che va dagli ultimi giorni di giugno ai primi di luglio 2019 dal sottoscritto Paolo Zampolini e Giorgio Mazzacurati. Composizione a banda stretta di circa 11 ore di integrazione a bin2
Strumentazione:
RC12GSO su EQ8
CCD G24000-Astrodon Filter
33x600s Halpha
20x600s per S2
18x600 per O3
Elaborazione tramite Pixinsight/Photoshop