Emission nebula · Serpens
Eagle Nebula
M16
Image story
What to look for
Look for the three dark pillars of cold gas and dust rising through the glowing emission around the young star cluster NGC 6611.
A close view of the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation in Serpens, captured with the EdgeHD 8 setup.
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Capture lesson
The close EdgeHD 8 framing brings out the pillars while keeping the surrounding emission and crowded star field in view.
Context source: Owner-reviewed gallery note + PixInsight capture logCapture recipe
How this frame was made
Celestron EdgeHD 8 · ZWO ASI2600MC Pro · ZWO AM5 · Filters: None · 50 x 300s (from 95 frames) subs · 4h 10m integration
View acquisition record
- Type
- Emission nebula
- Catalog
- M16
- Region
- Serpens
- Captured
- August 13, 2026
- Image size
- 2000 x 1500
- RA
- 274.6968°
- Dec
- -13.795°
- FOV
- 0.2909 × 0.2182°
- Rotation
- 7.6°
- Optics
- Celestron EdgeHD 8
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount
- ZWO AM5
- Filters
- None
- Sub-exposures
- 50 x 300s (from 95 frames)
- Integration
- 4h 10m
- Sky
- Florida Bortle 6
- Software
- PixInsight / Weighted Batch Preprocessing / 3.0.1
- Processing notes
- Final 2000 x 1500 JPEG supplied by the owner; no filter recorded in the capture log.
Scale context
Recorded field of view
The recorded frame is about 0.6 full-Moon widths across its long edge.
Calculation note: recorded FOV ÷ 0.5° apparent full-Moon diameter. This describes the captured field, not the physical size or distance of the object.More in the field
