Eagle Nebula M16

Located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, the Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster of stars.

It sits approximately 5700 light years away.

The centre of the image contains a large area, which appear like stalagmites, of star formation famously names as the Pillars of Creation.
This image, or rather the pillars are unlikely to change for at least 100.000 years.

Now, this was a testing image, it sits very low in the southern sky so the atmosphere has a large impact on the quality of the image.
Also, the are where I can view it from sits between two large trees so I only have about two hours per evening to view it.
I took 60 3 minuet images over 3 nights, of which 57 were usable.
5 times as many would reveal a more detailed and sharper image but, given the limitations in timer and angle, I am really pleased with how it turned out.

As such, it has made the gallery.
In the years to come, this is only visible for a short time in June, I will try harder.

The equipment used was:
Celestron Edge HD 9.25
ASI ZWO240MC Pro OSC
Optolong L-PRO Maximum Luminosity FilterZWO AM5
ASIAir Plus
Williams Optics 50mm Guide Scope
ASI ZWO 174mm Mini Guide Camera.

The image was processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.