Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle nebula  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611
Eagle Nebula, M16, 



    
        

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Eagle Nebula, M16
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Eagle Nebula, M16

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron EdgeHD 11"
Imaging Cameras
Atik 460EX Mono
Mounts
CGEM DX
Accessories
Celestron OAG Off-Axis Guider
Software
Pixinsight · PHD2 Guiding OpenSource
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron EdgeHD 11"
Guiding Cameras
QHYCCD QHY5L-II M

Acquisition details

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 335826

RA center: 18h18m55s.4

DEC center: -13°4948

Pixel scale: 1.038 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -169.605 degrees

Field radius: 0.135 degrees

Resolution: 620x664

File size: 372.6 KB

Locations: Backyard, Austin, Texas, United States

Data source: Backyard

Description

This is the first image processed with my Atik 460EX Mono. The Eagle Nebula is 7,000 light years from Earth and is a major star forming region. It was made famous by the Hubble Pillars of Creation picture.

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Eagle Nebula, M16, 



    
        

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