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The Eagle Nebulae (M16) is a young open cluster of stars, gas and dust in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Chéseaux in 1745–46. Note the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, 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. This image taken with the Triad Ultra Quad Narrow-Band filter, which permitted shooting from with light-polluted suburbia.
Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom.
Exposure
6@300 sec + 1@600 sec + 12@900 sec (8.25 hours)
ISO
800
Camera
Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics
Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor, 840 mm focal length
Filter
Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter
Guiding
Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope
Controller
Images taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone)
