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.
Telescope: William Optics FLT132
Camera: QHY9 Mono @ -20c
Filter Wheel: QHY 7 position Ultra Slim
Filters: QHY 36mm unmounted L R G B, Baader 36mm unmounted HA OIII SII
Guidng: QHY OAG
Guide Camera: QHY5L-II
Mount: AZ-EQ6
Mount Control: EQASCOM
Focusing: SharpSky Pro and Sequence Generator Pro 3 (automated)
Light Box by Exfso
Capture Software: Sequence Generator Pro 3
Guiding Software: PHD2
Calibration and Stacking Software: PixInsight
Processing Software: PixInsight
Number and Type of Data Frames: L= Xmin, R= xmin, G= xmin,
B= xmin
Ha= 24x10min, SII= xmin, OIII= 13x10min.
Binning: 1x1
Total Image Time: 6.1 hrs
Location: Lockleys Observatory B, Tanunda, Sth Australia