Eagle Neb­ula (M16)

Eagle Nebula M16 - Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

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Messi­er 16 (NGC 6611), also known as Eagle Neb­ula, is an open cluster and emis­sion neb­ula in the con­stel­la­tion of Ser­pens (Cauda) at a estim­ated dis­tance of 9000 lightyears. The neb­ula spans an area of about 120′ x 25′. In the cen­ter of the neb­ula one can find the fam­ous ‘pil­lar of cre­ation’ imaged by Hubble Space Telescope.

The images was cre­ated as a clas­sic­al LRGB with some addi­tion of Ha data to the red chan­nel. North is at 2 o’clock.

[descrip­tion from O’Meara]

Details

Tele­scope:
RCOS 14.5″ f/​8
Mount:
ASA DDM85
Cam­era:
Andor U16M
Fil­ters:
Astro­don Gen2
Expos­ure:
L(HaR)GB 640:(1200:240):220:220 min.
Loc­a­tion:
ROSA Remote Obser­vat­or­ies South­ern Alps
Author:
© Mar­tin Ruster­holz, Astrophotographer

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Eagle Nebula M16 Sky Chart - Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

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About Me

Hello, my name is Martin Rusterholz. I’m a Swiss amateur astrophotographer living near Zurich, the biggest town in Switzerland. My interest in astronomy started when I was 16. At that time, I built my first Newtonian telescope and mount. I studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) which was the only study including at least some aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. “Looking at the nights sky is an experience touching everybody deeply inside, something common to all human beings independent to the language spoken by the individuals”. Deep-sky astrophotography is my passion.

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