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M16 crop in Hubble Palette --
"Pillars of Creation"
The Pillars of Creation is a region of interstellar gas and dust within the Eagle Nebula (M16), known for its striking appearance and role as a stellar nursery. It is located roughly 7,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Serpens. This is a joint project of James Foster and Michael Stecker using my Celestron 11-inch SCT at f/7. The photo was taken using the Hubble Palette with a monochrome camera through Sulfur-II, Hydrogen alpha and Oxygen-III filters. Total exposure time is 7 hours. file: M16c11SHO_SII_Ha_OIII3A_2ndVERcropped-acrrot2bb1.jpg Click here for full resolution photo Photographic Data telescope: Michael Stecker's Celestron 11-inch (black tube) SCT with Starizona 0.72X reducer/flattener FL= 2011 mm mount: iOptron CEM60 guiding: Off-axis with ZWO ASI120MM mini camera imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro monochrome camera (cropped image) exposure:
Exposures of 154, 147, and
124 minutes in SII, Ha, &
OIII, respectively
photographic site: James Foster observatory at Frazier Park California (Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevstion)  M16 as above but wider field of view file: M16c11SHO_SII_Ha_OIII3A_2ndVERSION-1bcrrot1asm.jpg Click here for full resolution photo  Crop for two pillars in M16 file: M16c11SHO_SII_Ha_OIII3A_2ndVERSION-1bcrrot1-tp2x.jpg Click here for full resolution photo  A crop of a taller pillar in M16 This appears taller than the Pillerrs of Creation photo captured by the Hubble Telescope. Looks like a bird pirched on a stick. file: M16c11SHO_SII_Ha_OIII3A_2ndVERSION-1bcrrot1bx2.jpg Click here for full resolution photo |
