Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
The Eagle Nebula, G. Caleb Sexton
The Eagle Nebula
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The Eagle Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
The Eagle Nebula, G. Caleb Sexton
The Eagle Nebula
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The Eagle Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is an emission nebula with an open cluster and star forming region full of young stars. It's located in the constellation Serpens and is roughly 5,700 light years away from us.

The Eagle Nebula is also known for another number of structures within it such as the pillar like structures most famously called the Pillars of Creation, based on the NASA image, and the Black Pillar. both are giant columns of gas and dust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula

This is my first ever attempt at processing narrowband, and there are some things I want to go back and try out to improve it. BUT as a first pass I'm pretty pleased with the outcome.

I've always wanted to image the Eagle Nebula, because of the beloved NASA image I saw growing up.

This image was made with 10 hrs of data collected over the past week (4hrs ha, 3hrs Oiii, 3.25hrs Sii). Also just looking at the integrated Ha data alone makes a lovely image

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The Eagle Nebula, G. Caleb Sexton