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Object
............................................ M16 - "
Eagle Nebula" - Pillars of Creation
Constellation .............................. Serpens
Distance + Ap. Magnitude....... 7000 Light Years - 6.0
RA / DEC
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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 : 29oC Camera Temperature -5οC
Mount ....................................... Paramount
ME
Guiding .................................... Self
guided
Processing Details ................ Photoshop ,
Maxim , CCDsoft
Notes ........................................ Weather:8/10 - Transparence: 4/6 - Humidity : 62 %
Target details .........................
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 . |
