Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
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The Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611), Alan Tidey
The Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611)
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The Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611)

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The Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611), Alan Tidey
The Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611)
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The Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611)

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The Eagle Nebula and the area which came to be known as The Pillars of Creation was made widely available after being imaged by the Hubble Telescope.
It is located in the Sagittarius region of the Milky Way
A reprocessing effort in January 2024
Very variable seeing conditions over 3 separate nights, July and August 2022 and August 2023
5min x 9 subs
2min x 31 subs
5min x 13 subs
This target was quite low in the sky in all 3 sessions and so variable seeing affected guiding quality resulting in many discarded subs.

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The Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611), Alan Tidey