13 Mar 2021
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.
M16
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Filtro | Exp. media (s) | Esposizione totale | Sottoframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 91 | 1h20m | 53 |
| Halpha | 1211 | 17h50m | 53 |
| Red | 86 | 1h16m | 53 |
| Green | 93 | 1h22m | 53 |
| Blue | 88 | 1h16m | 52 |