Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle nebula  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611
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M16 the Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation in Miniature, RonAdams
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M16 the Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation in Miniature

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M16 the Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation in Miniature, RonAdams
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M16 the Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation in Miniature

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I've been reprocessing my image of M16 that I took on 7-30-17 for two days trying to get an

image that I'm pleased with. Today I was playing around with the processing and stumbled

on the idea that maybe I could do a "Pillars of Creation" image. I did not know if it would be

possible because I imaged this object with a very small aperture 72mm refractor. I geared my

processing efforts to just bringing out the Pillars of Creation. Much to my amazement I was

able to bring out the "Pillars of Creation". Of course it's not a Hubble Telescope quality image

but if you squint your eyes you can definitely see the "Pillars". I think it's kind of cute and I

actually like this image better than any of the other incarnations of M16 that I've processed that last two days. With all that said please enjoy my image of M16 that I took on 7-30-17 and

reprocessed today 8-1-17.

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M16 the Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation in Miniature, RonAdams