This is the eagle nebula (IC 4703) where the famous pillars of creation are located about 5500 light-years from home in the direction of the Serpent constellation.
At the center of the nebula is the open cluster (M16) responsible for the ionization of the surrounding molecular clouds.
Technical data:
– Scope apo TS 102mm astrograph
– Mount azeq6gt
– Asi 1600 pro mm cooled
– 7x36mm filter wheel
– Sample : 1,47 arcsec/pix
– Ha 81x180s : 4 h 03 min
– O3 25x300s : 2 h 05 min
– S2 48x180s : 1 hour 42 min
– Full integration : 07 h 50 min
– Acquisition: sharpcap and Nina
– Treatment: pixinsight
– Location: Benslimane MAO Observatory
– Date: August 2 and 25, 2019 and July 13, 2020.
