Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle nebula  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611
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The Pillars in the Eagle, 90 minutes with DSLR. Crop, Kees Scherer
The Pillars in the Eagle, 90 minutes with DSLR. Crop
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The Pillars in the Eagle, 90 minutes with DSLR. Crop

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The Pillars in the Eagle, 90 minutes with DSLR. Crop, Kees Scherer
The Pillars in the Eagle, 90 minutes with DSLR. Crop
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The Pillars in the Eagle, 90 minutes with DSLR. Crop

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From an image session to image both M16 and M17. Low on the horizon, with passing clouds. Only 28 subs survived but M16 (The Eagle nebula with the "Pillars of creation") comes out nice enough. Esprit 100 f5.5 APO refractor and canon 6Da with Optolong L (IR/UV cut) filter. Processed with DSS and PI. 28x180sec iso1600 8Darks, 30Flats, 174Biasframes.



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The Pillars in the Eagle, 90 minutes with DSLR. Crop, Kees Scherer

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