Eagle Nebula, aka M16 or "The Pillars of Creation"
The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16 or M16, is one of the most amazing sights you can see in a large telescope. It’s the location of several famous structures, including the stunning Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region, depicted in the image below. The Eagle Nebula contains not only the Pillars of Creation but several other star-forming regions as well. It also has many emission nebulae, or clouds in space that shine with their own light. And it has some dark nebulae. These are space clouds that don’t shine themselves, but that can be seen because they obscure light from shining objects located behind them.
The Eagle Nebula lies in the direction of the constellation Serpens the Serpent. It’s about 7,000 light-years away. And it’s visible in the sky on July and August evenings (Source: Earth Sky).
The "Eagle" is seen near the image center with the tallest pillar colored blue.
This image was taken with one of my large scopes with a focal length of 900-mm and is composed of 103 exposures of 4-minutes each for a total exposure time of nearly 7 hours.
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