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moonshinegnomie

(4,149 posts) Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:10 PM 2 hrs ago

M16 the eagle nebula

I aquired a new telescope that ive installed at a dark sky location about 3 hours from me (starfront). the scope is hooked up to a small computer so i can operate it over the internet from home

this is 15 hours of data on the eagle nebula. if you look at the center there are what are called teh pillars of creation,the subject of a famous hubble telescope shot.

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M16 the eagle nebula (Original Post) moonshinegnomie 2 hrs ago OP

Beautiful pic! Krazy_Kat 2 hrs ago #1

Excellent. chouchou 52 min ago #2

probably a Schmidt-Cassegrain moonshinegnomie 57 sec ago #3

Krazy_Kat

(139 posts)

1. Beautiful pic!

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 01:22 PM

2 hrs ago

chouchou

(3,431 posts)

2. Excellent.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:38 PM

52 min ago

My husband has a mount (Ioptron?) and a 10 inch. (Ahhhg...not aa reflector or refractor)
He's not home or I'd ask... Anyway.....your shot is wonderful..!!

moonshinegnomie

(4,149 posts)

3. probably a Schmidt-Cassegrain

Reply to chouchou (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 03:30 PM

57 sec ago

they are kind of a cross betwen reflector and refractor.
I used to have an 8" sct but it was to heavy to set up and didnt use it much. before i moved to texas i donated to the local high school for science classes to use

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