M16 Eagle Nebula
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Located along the 'spine' of the Milky Way near several other popular nebulae, M16 has many names from the Star Queen to the Eagle Nebula. A vast emission nebula, at its heart lies the fabled Pillars of Creation. Just over 3 hours exposure went into this image.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 5 | |
| Captured: | 2021-06-19 to 2022-08-23 | |
| Lights: | 1170 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 3 h | |
| Ra: | 18h 18m 39.5s | |
| Dec: | -13° 46' 58.603 | |
| Size: | 43.054 x 31.973 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.447 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.619 arcsec/pixel |
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