Object: The Eagle Nebula (M16)
Exposure: Single 30-minute exposure
Processing: Film processed at Target in Las Cruces and negative scanned with an Epson 1600 at The Big Picture
Telescope: Meade 10" LX200 @ f/6.3
Guiding: Manual
Camera: Pentax K1000 @ Prime Focus
Film: 35mm Kodak Royal Gold 400
Location: Upham, NM
Date: 8/18/01
Comments: This is a beautiful nebula in the southern Milky Way. Giant pillars of gas and dust are visible as dark shapes in the hydrogen cloud.

© Dave Dockery 2001