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, M16, NGC 6611
Also known as: Eagle Nebula, Star Queen Nebula
Constellation: Serpens
Object Type: diffuse emission nebula
Distance: 5,700 light-years away
Magnitude: 7.36.4
Discovery: Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux
Telescope: Celestron 9.25 SCT Starzona .63 corrector 1500 mm / f7
Camera: ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro – Antila RGB Ultra
Mount: Celestron CGEMII – With CPWI Software
Guiding: Celestron StarSense Autoguider
SharpCap Imaging Software
Processing Software
AstroSharp Ltd SharpCap
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
GraXpert
Russell Croman Astrophotography BlurXTerminator
Russell Croman Astrophotography NoiseXTerminator
Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator
Various scripts
This final image is:
10 – 240 second subs at 100 gain, Antila RGB Ultra
