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The Eagle Nebula, Kevin Festini
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The Eagle Nebula

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The Eagle Nebula

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The Eagle Nebula (M16). 
Located at the center of this nebula are ‘The Pillars of Creation’. So I did what anyone would do with a little 60mm scope, a star tracker, and a new Astro camera—Try to take on Hubble’s famous image! I took my setup to the dark desert hills outside of San Diego over the past few days and was able to collect a total of 8 hours on this target. Probably overkill, but wanted to get a high SNR broadband image.

Apertura 60 FPL53
ASI585MC Astro Camera
Star Adventurer 2i Mount
ASI120MM mini Guide Camera
ASIAIR Mini
240 x 120s
SVBony IR Cut Filter

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The Eagle Nebula, Kevin Festini