Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  LBN 67  ·  LBN 68  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Sh2-49  ·  Star Queen nebula
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Kurt Zeppetello
Powered byPixInsight
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Kurt Zeppetello
Powered byPixInsight

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Eagle Nebula (a.k.a. the Star Queen Nebula) is part of a diffuse emission nebula approximately 7,000 LY from Earth. The star cluster associated with the nebula contains approximately 8,100 stars. Also of note, the central portion of the nebula is know as the "Pillars of Creation' as it's region of star formation. Images from the Hubble Space Telescope of this region greatly enhanced the scientific understanding of the processes inside the nebula.

Images of the 'Pillars of Creation' are much better viewed from the Hubble gallery as my little ED80 has its limitations.

The represents the 29th Messier Objects with an ED80 checked off the list, just 81 more to go...

Comments

Revisions

  • M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Kurt Zeppetello
    Original
  • Final
    M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Kurt Zeppetello
    B

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M16 - The Eagle Nebula, Kurt Zeppetello

In these public groups

Imaged with APT
N.I.N.A. Users