Astrophoto

M16	The Eagle nebula is an area of star formation roughly 7000 light years away. The large "pillars of creation" stretch some 10 light years. Ha data was captured on 6/10/13 with Tim Stone and Bob Finnigan. Bob and Tim captured the SII and OIII data on 6/13/13. All data captured using the CDK17 and Apogee U16M.
Taken by: Craig Prost, Bob Finnigan, Tim Stone
Date: 6/13/2013
Exposure: 27 X 600

The Eagle nebula is an area of star formation roughly 7000 light years away. The large "pillars of creation" stretch some 10 light years.
Ha data was captured on 6/10/13 with Tim Stone and Bob Finnigan. Bob and Tim captured the SII and OIII data on 6/13/13.
All data captured using the CDK17 and Apogee U16M.

Hubble Space Telescope image: Hubble Catches Scattered Light from the Boomerang Nebula

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