Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
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Eagle Nebula - 5/13/24, Ed Dixon
Eagle Nebula - 5/13/24
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Eagle Nebula - 5/13/24

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Eagle Nebula - 5/13/24, Ed Dixon
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Eagle Nebula - 5/13/24

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Image of the Eagle Nebula (M16) taken at home on 5/12/24 with the Seestar about 5:03 AM.  The Eagle Nebula is part of a diffuse emission nebula which is cataloged as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 5700 light-years distant.  The cluster associated with the nebula has approximately 8100 stars.  This is from about 15 minutes of data and 91 frames stacked within the Seestar unit.  Post processing using Pixinsight and Windows edit.

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Eagle Nebula - 5/13/24, Ed Dixon