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M16 The Eagle Nebula, Djt
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M16 The Eagle Nebula

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M16 in the constellation of Serpens. Three famous areas here, The Eagle, the young star cluster and the Stellar spiral.

This is some 7000 light years away and odds are it no longer exists as its believed there was a super nova explosion 8 to 9000 light years ago which would have ripped the cloud formation apart.

There are blooming artifacts in the stars which I will get to when I figure out how to deal with them. Just getting the hang of the CCD...

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