M 16 / IC 4703 (NGC 6611, Cr375 / Sh2-49)
Open Cluster / Emission Nebula in Serpens
Located at: RA 18 hours 18 minutes 43 seconds, Dec -13 degrees 48 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 6.0' / 28' x 17'; Magnitude: 6.0 / --; Class: II 3 m n / (Sharpless) 3 3 3
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.55 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 250 minutes (25 x 10 minute subs), 08/19/21/2006 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | This field is a combination of a fairly bright Open Cluster ( M 16), and a much fainter emission nebula ( IC 4703 ). Near the center of the image is the so called "Pillars of Creation", made famous by the Hubble Space Telescope image |