An orange and white nebula, superficially resembling an eagle, and even more superficially resembling a star queen is central.

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   leece (leece@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 12:20:15 JST leece

   This is the Eagle Nebula which I've just learned is sometimes called the Star Queen Nebula. For Messier enthusiasts it is M16. I took this at home, a few hundred frames.

   Did you know that it's this nebula contains the famous Pillars of Creation which awes everyone who sees the Hubble Space Telescope images of them? They're basically under the eagle's right wingpit, but of course my telescope isn't the Hubble, I'm just grateful for what it can do for me.

   Look at the Pillars of Creation folks, there's limited time - they were apparently destroyed 6000 years ago by a supernova, and in a thousand years we will no longer see them. But not so much with my telescope.

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