Wallpaper author:
Sean Davis
14 Jul 2021
M16 Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation
This iconic object was presented by NASA in the "hubble palette" (sho) and dubbed the pillars of creation for its towering tendrils of dust and gas in the heart of M16 Eagle Nebula. The eagle nebula is a very bright object able to be viewed with a small telescope and is best observed in July in the northern hemisphere.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M16
17 credit
- 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 |