Pillars of Creation M16

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Eagle Nebula · IC 4703 · M 16 · NGC 6611 · Star Queen

Pillars of Creation M16, MADNUG - Alex Lin

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Pillars of Creation M16

Hubble's classic target, the creation pillar at the center of the M16 Eagle Nebula is part of an active star-forming region in the nebula, located about 6,500 light-years from Earth. About four to five light-years long, the cylinder is a cloud of gas made up of dust from interstellar space. Interestingly, this gas cloud is being eaten away by the stars forming within it. Perhaps in the near future, a supernova explosion will destroy the pillars of Creation.
The most impressive thing in the Hubble image is this target. It took ten hours of shooting with no more or less signal-to-noise ratio and just enough to finish the post. Originally to the Hubble pillar color, I always feel a little faint color so that I adjust the color according to my own preferences. Although I use the BXT, the column detail could be better if the exposure time can be accumulated to over 15h!
It should be noticed that the star is taken by the Sky-Watcher 250/1000.

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