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

M16, George B Grimm
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M16

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M16, The Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. The “Eagle” refers to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, 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.

SkyWatcher 120ED refractor with an Orion .8X focal reducer and a Nikon D3100 DSLR mounted on SkyWatcher AZ EQ5 GT mounted guided by PHD2 using a ZWO ASI 120MC-S guide camera for 3 miinutes for each sub image. Each image is about 30 minutes in total.

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M16, George B Grimm