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Photographer:

soumyadeepmukherjee

Location of Photo:

Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile

Date/Time of photo:

22nd September 2021

Equipment:

Planewave CDK24, FLI PL9000

Description:

Located in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way, The Eagle Nebula (also known as M16 and as NGC 6611) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. This close-up view of the area contains two of the most iconic images captured by Hubble telescope: the Pillars of creation (in the middle of the image) and the Stellar Spire (to the left of the image). The Eagle nebula is located around 7000 light years away from earth and can be spotted with a small telescope. Telescope: Planewave CDK24 Mount: Mathis MI-1000/1250 Camera: FLI PL 9000 Filters: Astrodon HSO Filters (3nm) Integration: H: 22 × 600 seconds S: 20 × 600 seconds O: 20 × 600 seconds Total integration time: 10h 20m Location: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile Date: March-September 2021 (22) Data acquired via Telescope Live Processing: Deepskystacker, Pixinsight

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