The eagle has landed
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The eagle has landed
The Eagle Nebula (also known as M 16) is part of a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is catalogued as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 5700 light-years distant. A spire of gas that can be seen coming off the nebula in the northeastern part is approximately 9.5 light-years or about 90 trillion kilometers long.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-1
Camera
FLI PL9000
Location
EL SAUCE OSERVATORY, CHILE
Date of observation
29 oct 2020
Filters
O3 3nm, S2 3nm, HA 3nm Astrodon
Processing
DSS,SIRIL,GIMP,AFFINITY,STARNETT
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