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The Eagle Nebula (aka: The Star Queen Nebula), M16, Steven E Labkoff, MD
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The Eagle Nebula (aka: The Star Queen Nebula), M16

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The Eagle Nebula (aka: The Star Queen Nebula), M16, Steven E Labkoff, MD
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The Eagle Nebula (aka: The Star Queen Nebula), M16

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The Eagle Nebula (a.k.a.: The Star Queen) or M16

This image was made on 6/29/2021 at the Westport Astronomical Society's 14" Celestron EdgeHD.

From Wikipedia: The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula and The Spire) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula,[3][4] an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula

This image was made with the following parameters:

Lights: 46, 120s images, ISO 1600

Flats: 41

Dark Flats: 40

Darks: 30

Bias: 135

Imaging Camera: Nikon D750, astro-modified

Filter: STC Narrowband Ha, Oiii

Telescope: Celestron 14" EdgeHD

Mount: Astrophysics 1200GT

Guiding Scope: 102mm triplet

Software:

Guiding: PHD2

Image Processing: PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom, NIK Tools Silver Efex 2.0

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The Eagle Nebula (aka: The Star Queen Nebula), M16, Steven E Labkoff, MD