Messier 16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is one of the most well-known objects in the night sky. It contains, at its heart, an active star forming region, famously known as the 'Pillars of Creation' after the Hubble Photograph that depicted its towering dust clouds. Located in the constellation of Serpens, light emitted from the nebula takes about 7,000 years to arrive. It is thought that the pillars have already been destroyed by a supernova which exploded some 8,000 years ago. However, since light takes 7,000 years to travel across the void, we would be looking at the nebula as it was just 1,000 years after the explosion. Since the shockwaves coming from the supernova will take several thousand years to propagate, we can still see the beautiful Pillars in all its glory.
Photographic Information:
Imaging location: Mersing, Johor, Malaysia (Light pollution region: Suburban Sky)
Date of data acquisition: 23 August 2014
Exposure Details: ~60min, 800mm FL at f/4
Camera: Canon EOS 400D Modified
Stacked and processed with Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight.
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