The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula,[4][5] an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.
M16 was imaged June 6, 2025 at the Star Ranch Observatory (SRO) near Paducah, Texas. The photo is a composite image totaling 2 hours of data. The images were taken using an Astro-Tech AT6RC scope with a ZWO ASI533MC camera mounted on an AP900. The images were captured with Astro Art 8 imaging software. The mount was auto guided using an 80mm refractor and a ZWO ASI120MM-S camera with PHD2 guide software. Pre and Post processing was with Astro Art 8 and denoised using Topaz DeNoise AI.
Note in the approximate center if the image are the "Pillars of Creation".
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