Wallpaper author:
Jaspreet Singh
20 Apr 2021
Eagle Nebula in Hubble Palette
The eagle nebula (M16) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens and is located 5700 light years away from Earth. This nebula contains many active star formation regions the most famous being Pillars of creation, which is one of the most famous Hubble Images. This is a very bright nebula and can be seen through telescope easily.🌌
Integrated exposure - 3hrs in SHO
Telescope used - Planewave CDK 24
Dataset from which the image was processed
M16
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 274.7 Dec -13.8
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................22 Mar 2020 - 08 Oct 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 91 | 1h20m | 53 |
| Halpha | 1211 | 17h50m | 53 |
| Red | 86 | 1h16m | 53 |
| Green | 93 | 1h22m | 53 |
| Blue | 88 | 1h16m | 52 |