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Here is an image of the Eagle Nebula, or M16! At the heart of the nebula, is a well known structure called the Pillars of Creation. Made famous by images captured by Hubble, and more recently the James Webb, they are three pillars of gas that are still forming new stars.
In the comments I'll put a link to a detailed, close up image of the Pillars of Creation, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope for reference.
Imaged on 7/9 from my back yard.
-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows
Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing
-55 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 2.75hrs
And the imaging setup for reference
In the comments I'll put a link to a detailed, close up image of the Pillars of Creation, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope for reference.
Imaged on 7/9 from my back yard.
-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows
Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing
-55 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 2.75hrs
And the imaging setup for reference