M16 - The Eagle Nebula
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Landgraaf
GSO 8" f4 Newton + MPCC
Baader UHC-S
Losmandy G-11
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Atik 1HS, 60/700 Achro & Guidedog
Canon 350D
10 x 240 sec @ ISO800
40m
Canon 350D
10 x 240 sec @ ISO800
40m
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Maximum Resolution 1024 x 768 Pixel (317 kB)
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Object info
The Eagle Nebula is an emission nebula with an open star cluster. It is an active starforming region, which already contains a considerable amount of new stars. The nebula lies at a distance of about 7.000 light years in the next inner spiral arm of our galaxy.
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Not a particularly good image. There are problems with the camera not being parallel to the focus plane (bloated stars right side) and issues with the focuser.
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