M16 The Eagle Nebula (2+ hours Integration time) (Steve Argereow)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Eagle Nebula · HD167592 · HD167630 · HD167695 · HD167742 · HD167811 · HD167835 · HD167836 · HD167859 · HD167899 · HD168015 · HD168046 · HD168047 · HD168048 · HD168075 · HD168076 · HD168077 · HD168097 · HD168136 · HD168137 · HD168183 · HD168207 · HD168504 · HD168624 · IC 4703 · LBN 67 · LBN 68 · M 16 · NGC 6611 · Sh2-49 · And 2 more.

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M16 The Eagle Nebula (2+ hours Integration time)

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M16 The Eagle Nebula (2+ hours Integration time)

Note: July 2022 has been one of the worst months I had as an Astro photographer. I was only able to get 2+ hours
on this over 3 nights (7/24, 7/25, 7/28) before clouds rolled in. I decided to stack and process the data and I was
pleased with the results. Looking at the weather I don't know when the next clear night will be, so I published
the image.

M16 The Eagle Nebula
M16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a young open cluster of stars embedded within an extremely large cloud of interstellar gas and dust in the constellation of Serpens (Cauda). It's located in the next inner spiral arm of the Milky Way, 7,000 light-years distant. The emission part of the nebula or HII region is catalogued as IC 4703 and is an active star-forming region, which has already created a significant cluster of young stars. The cluster itself lies at the heart of the Eagle Nebula and is known as NGC 6611. M16 was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745-6, but Charles Messier was the first to record the associated nebulosity on June 3, 1764

Information Credits: Home Free Star Charts

Telescope: Explorer Scientific 127mm CF APO Refractor f/7.5
Explorer Scientific Reducer X0.7 f/5.25
Mount IOptron CEM40
Camera ZWO6200MM Temp -10C Binning 1 x 1
ZWO EFW

43 X 180 Second Exposures Optolong L-Extreme Gain 100 Offset 50
30 Dark Frames/30 Flats
Total Integration Time: 2 Hours 9 Minutes
Acquisition with SharpCap
Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and Astro Pixel Processor
Proceeded with Astra Image and GIMP
Guiding PHD2

Processed with Astra Image

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	6064692
PixInsight job	1JK5JUY037DVHJN0TZYIM8RW16YS7T4Q
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	18h18m54s.32
RA (top/left)	18h16m28s.25
RA (top/right)	18h16m28s.74
RA (bottom/right)	18h21m21s.70
RA (bottom/left)	18h21m19s.10

Dec (center)	-13°49′53″.6
Dec (top/left)	-13°18′50″.2
Dec (top/right)	-14°21′11″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	-14°20′51″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	-13°18′31″.5

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