M16 – The Eagle Nebula in Serpens
Lying some 7000 light years away in the constellation of Serpens, M16 is both a star cluster and a glowing nebula of ionized hydrogen.
At its centre are the ‘pillars of creation’ famously imaged by the Hubble space telescope. This is a star-forming region in which dark globules of proto-stars can be seen in high resolution images.
The pillars are several light-years long so would easily stretch from our solar system to our nearest stellar neighbours in the Alpha Centauri system.
Planewave CDK-14, FLI Proline P9000 CCD camera and Astrodon 3nm narrowband filters. Processed in PixInsight and displayed using a modified SHO Hubble palette.
Exposure times: Lum 5 hrs, SII 11.5 hrs, H-α 15 hrs, OIII 12.5 hrs.
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