The Eagle Nebula M16 in Constellations Serpens
Designation
Location
- Date - Time
Object
Type
Coordinates
Exposure
Camera
Optics
Mount
Software
Conditions
Description
Hydrogen
Emission Nebula
18:18.8
(h:m) -13:47 (deg:m)
10 X 6
minute frames ISO 1600 with darks and
flats
Canon
350D modified by Hap.
Orion
Atlas mount Guided with Astro IIDC through Meade
SN-6" with I.S. DMK 21AF04.AS
Nebulosity
for stacking, Photoshop CS2 for post
processing
Transparency
, Seeing , Temperature 65 °F
M16 is
an open cluster of stars in the constellation
Serpens Cauda located at a distance of
approximately 7,000 light years. NGC6611,
the Eagle Nebula, surrounds the cluster and is
comprised of a great interstellar cloud of gas
and dust. This region, like the Orion
Nebula, is a stellar breeding ground where new
star formation continues in the region of the
dark "elephant trunks," which are visible at the
lower center of this image.
Orion
80ED, WO 0.8 FR, with Astronomik CLS
Filter
Massapoag
Pond Observatory Lunenburg, MA - Aug. 31st
2008
Notes
IC
1805 Heart Nebula
This
image has been crop.
