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Eagle Nebula M16
M16
The
Eagle Nebula
(catalogued as
Messier
16
or
M16
, and as
NGC 6611
, and also known as the
Star Queen Nebula
and
The Spire
) is a young
open cluster
of
stars
in the
constellation
Serpens
,
Imaged in my Desert Astro observatory with a Planewave CDK17, Paramount MEII, ZWOASI2600 MC Pro Duo. Unguided for 2 hours on 8/24/24
. Processed with Pixinsight EZ Sui
te
To see the HST image click on
Hubble M16