The “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula (NGC 6611, M 16, IC 4703) (Paul Lloyd)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Eagle Nebula · HD168075 · HD168076 · HD168097 · HD168136 · HD168137 · HD168183 · IC 4703 · LBN 67 · LBN 68 · M 16 · NGC 6611 · Sh2-49 · Star Queen · Star Queen nebula

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The “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula (NGC 6611, M 16, IC 4703)

The Eagle Nebula, NGC 6611, M 16, in the constellation, Serpens, hosts the suite of dust and gas
columns made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope in April, 1995 as the “Pillars of Creation”. This
region of the nebula is actively forming stars, the light of which causes the gases to glow, while at the
same time, gradually erodes them. They lie around 6.500-7,000 ly away, and the left-most column
is estimated to be approx. 4ly long.

At the top of the left-most column are some fine finger-like protusions (difficult to see at this
magnification), each of which is much larger than our Solar System. These harbour freshly minted stars
which are hidden from our direct view. This has been an area of professional astronomer interest for
some time, including recently by the James Webb Space Telescope, in 2022.

In this image I have attempted to use a quasi-Hubble palette, commonly called HOO processing.

Telescope: William Optics FLT110 refractor + 2x Barlow (f=1540mm)
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Exposure: 38 x 300 sec, gain = 125, Optolong L-eNhance filter
Bortle 3-4 sky, Full Moon
Field of View: approx. 0º 28’ x 0º 40’
Image processed and prepared in PixInsight and Photoshop Elements

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	18h18m52s.80
RA (top/left)	18h19m52s.10
RA (top/right)	18h17m54s.82
RA (bottom/right)	18h17m53s.75
RA (bottom/left)	18h19m51s.36

Dec (center)	-13°49′43″.3
Dec (top/left)	-13°29′38″.6
Dec (top/right)	-13°29′28″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	-14°09′51″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	-14°10′00″.4

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