M16: The Eagle Nebula
This work is licensed under:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
If you wish to use the work for commercial purposes, contact me with the details.
Navigation: M17: The Omega Nebula « Back to Gallery » NGC6992: The Eastern Veil Nebula
Image © 2022 — 2025 DSW Galleries, LLC. All rights reserved.
M16 is called the Eagle Nebula due to its overall shape, but it's the smoky columns that span lightyears in height that make it famous. The columns are called the Pillars of Creation.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 4 | |
| Captured: | 2021-06-19 to 2021-09-01 | |
| Lights: | 686 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 h | |
| Ra: | 18h 18m 49.9s | |
| Dec: | -13° 47' 40.327 | |
| Size: | 55.875 x 35.847 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.553 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.825 arcsec/pixel |
Bright Eagle
2023-05-27
The Red Eagle
2023-08-02
M16 Eagle Nebula
2022-08-23
M16: Portrait of the Eagle Nebula
2022-07-08
The Pillars on Independence Day
2024-07-05
The Pillars of Creation
2022-05-22