The Eagle Nebula - aka Messier 16 - AKA the Star Queen Nebula.
From Wikipedia: The Eagle Nebula (cataloged as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) 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,[4][5] 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 "Pillars of Creation". The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.
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https://www.facebook.com/henry.feldman.96?__cft__[0]=AZU_HH-GmXQOPqbUUG5SUVi0MztSqX8xj00UE3MSmQpsbbpGvCAqSHqyrVC9JqJpwRta_fY3HDD73WpInfVIz9NiGpke8bI_4ROUYSg1rGyTqaRAWG60cfcAddjKL0OFl2NmTKeLeMvC8XpYy02Jd3qheC1hxcx5hjkCMe656ikBDA&__tn__=-]K-R]Henry Feldman[/url] brought his 14 yo cousin down all the way from Boston to learn about astrophotography. He got to see the setup, for data acquisition (what normal humans call photography) - in addition to the moon and Saturn in the Big Scope before we started imaging.
Date: August 22, 2023
Location: Westport Observatory
Lights: 24 @ 120s
Darks: 30
Flats: 30
Flat-Darks: 30
Filters: STC Dual Band Ha/Oiii
Telescope: Celestron 14" EdgeHD
Guide Scope: Explorer Scientific 102mm refractor
Mount: Astrophysics 1200GTO
Camera: Nikon D750a
Software - Acquisition: None
Software - Integration: PixInsight
Software - Guiding: PHD2
Software - Finishing: Photoshop, NIK Tools
Software - Russell Croman's xTerminator packages (Noise, Star, and Blur xTerminator)
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