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Eagle Nebula
Emission nebula

Eagle Nebula

M 16 · Serpens
These photons are ~7,000 years old
Date
2026-06-14
Location
35.5307° N, 23.8104° E
Integration
35m (211 × 10s)
Software
ZWO Seestar S50
Notes
Plate solve
Centre RA
18h 18m 38.3s
Centre Dec
−13° 44′ 35″
Field
42.7′ × 76.0′
Pixel scale
1.19″/px
Orientation
150.0° E of N

The site of the iconic “Pillars of Creation” — towering columns of gas and dust sculpted by radiation from the young star cluster at the centre. A superb narrowband target; Hα, SII, and OIII reveal extraordinary structure in the surrounding nebula.