Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
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M-16 Eagle Nebula in SHO featuring the Pillars of Creation, gmvtex
M-16 Eagle Nebula in SHO featuring the Pillars of Creation
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M-16 Eagle Nebula in SHO featuring the Pillars of Creation

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M-16 Eagle Nebula in SHO featuring the Pillars of Creation, gmvtex
M-16 Eagle Nebula in SHO featuring the Pillars of Creation
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M-16 Eagle Nebula in SHO featuring the Pillars of Creation

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This is an SHO version of the Eagle Nebula (M-16) imaged over the course of several nights using a 130 APO refractor with field flattener.  The imager used was a ZWO 2600 monochrome - a cooled APS-C sized sensor.   M-16 doesn't rise very high above the horizon this year, with the maximum elevation being approximately 31 degrees.   This particular image is cropped pretty severely to focus on the center of the nebula and the 'Pillars of Creation' reaching across the lake of blue green from the lower right towards the upper left.  This is very similar to an image i created in 2020, but it takes advantage of longer reach.

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M-16 Eagle Nebula in SHO featuring the Pillars of Creation, gmvtex

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