EAGLE NEBULA AND PILLARS OF CREATION
Region in the Serpent constellation, portraying the “Eagle Nebula” (M16 or NGC 6611) with emphasis on the “Pillars of Creation”, formed from dust and hydrogen gas.
They are approximately 7,000 light years away from Earth.
The place is a cradle of young stars (hence the name) that were formed there due to the appearance of “photo-evaporation”, resulting from great exposure to violet light generated by the closest stars.
Captured, through Narrow Band filters (Ha, OIII and SII), composed of the union of photos in the SHO system, with stars captured in LRGB.
Captured at the Madruguinha Observatory, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, between 04/30/2023 and 09/01/2023, with a total of 114 hours of exposure.
437 frames of 300 seconds in SII
470 frames of 300 seconds in Ha
446 frames of 300 seconds in OIII
Stars in LRGB (60 frames of 60 seconds, per filter)
Configuration Used:
– GSO 305mm F/5 Newtonian telescope, carbon tube;
– SkyWatcher EQ8 R-Pro Germanic Equatorial Mount;
– ZWO ASI2600MM camera;
– ZWO ASI 174mm mini Guiding Camera
– SkyWatcher Quattro Coma Corrector;
– 36mm Antlia V-Pro LRGB and SHO filters;
– Filter wheel and ZWO electronic focuser.
Software Used:
Capture: NINA – Night Image ‘N’ Astronomy
Guide: PHD2
Processing: PixInsight Pleiades Astrophoto and Adobe Photoshop