M 16 “Eagle Nebula”
Serpens · 3/ 7/2008 - 20:50 UTC · Celestron C11 f/10
About the target
Lying some 7,000 light years distant in the constellation Serpens, close to the borders to Scutum and Sagittarius, and in the next inner spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy from us (the Sagittarius or Sagittarius-Carina Arm) a great cloud of interstellar gas and dust has entered a vivid process of star formation. Open star cluster M16 has formed from this great gaseous and dusty cloud, the diffuse Eagle Nebula IC 4703, which is now caused to shine by emission light, excited by the high-energy radiation of its massive hot, young stars. It is actually still in the process of forming new stars, this formation taking place near the dark "elephant trunks.
© Nikos Paschalis
Observing log
- Object
- M16 - “ Eagle Nebula” - Pillars of Creation
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Distance + Ap. Magnitude
- 7000 Light Years - 6.0
- RA / DEC
- 18h:18m.42sec / -13° 49 m
- Date + Time
- 3/ 7/2008 - 20:50 UTC
- Location
- “Nunki Observatory” - Skiathos
- Optics
- Celestron C11 f/10
- Tools
- CCDsoft
- Camera
- SBIG ST2000XM with CFW 8A (Astrodon filters)
- Exposure Time
- Ha 6nm: 14 X 300 sec
- More Details
- Environment Temperature: 29 °C Camera Temperature -5 °C
- Mount
- Paramount ME
- Guiding
- Self guided
- Processing Details
- Photoshop, Maxim, CCDsoft
- Notes
- Weather:8/10 - Transparence: 4/6 - Humidity: 62 %