The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the “Eagle” and the “Star Queen” refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the “Pillars of Creation” imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.
Object Designations: Messier 16 and NGC 6611
Also known as: Eagle Nebula, Star Queen Pillars of Creation
Constellation: Sagittarius
Object Type: open cluster
Distance: 5700 light-years away
Magnitude: 6.4
Discovery: Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745
This final image is:
84 – 5 minute subs at 100 gain – no filter abouy 7 hours of integration
I processed the images using Pixinsight using:
Blink to clear out low quality images
Weighted Batch Balance
SpectroPhotometricCalibration
AutomaticBackgroundExtractor
BlurExterminator
NoiseExterminator
EZProcessing Suite Softstretch
ColorCalibration on both versions
StarXTerminator
Curves on both versions using other version as mask
Pixmath to put stars back with both images.
