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Comments Name: Eagle Nebula - NGC 6611
This imagine was taken whilst at Watson's Way Country Stay which is N/E of Mukinbudin in Western Australia.
http://members.westnet.com.au/watsonsway/
The Eagle nebula is a emission nebula and open star cluster. It contains those famous Hubble Space Telescope images of the "Pillars Of Creation", which are columns of cool hydrogen gas and dust protruding from a molecular cloud. New stars are being formed in these clouds.
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| Date: 25/04/2009 | Deepskystacker: Auto Adaptive Weigthed Average. | |
| Location: Watson's Way | ||
| Camera: Canon 20D - Standard | Photoshop CS2: levels, colour balance, curves, saturation, scaling, jpeg conversion . | |
| Optics: Mead LX200R | ||
| Exposure: 1600ASA - 10 x 604 Seconds | ||
| Total Exposure: 100 Minutes. | ||
| Guiding: DSI on Skywatcher ED80. | ||
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| RA (J2000): 18h 18.927m | ||
| DEC (J2000): -13* 50.563 ' | ||
| Constellation: Serpens Cauda | ||
| Distance: 7,000 Light Years |
