Emmanuel Delgadillo from Jalisco, Mexico The Eagle Nebula (M16) is well-known for its dense star-forming pillars of gas and dust — including those in the famed Hubble Space Telescope’s “Fingers of Creation” image. It lies roughly 5,000 light-years away in Serpens. This photographer combined over 14 hours of exposure taken with Hα/OIII and SII/OIII dual-bandContinue reading "The Eagle’s lair"

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