Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod
7x600sec at iso 1600
30 Darks/Flats/Bias
APM/TMB 130/780 with APM field flattener
Baader 7nm H alpha filter

Only 70 minutes of data taken during poor seeing, a full moon and thin clouds, this full-frame image shows some of the extended nebulosity of IC 4703 surrounding the central region of M16, the "Eagle Nebula".

Messier 16 is a conspicuous region of active star formation, situated in Serpens Cauda. The starforming nebula, a giant cloud of interstellar gas and dust, has already created a considerable cluster of young stars. The cluster is also referred to as NGC 6611, the nebula as IC 4703.

September 18, 2008