This image of M16 is nine 3 minute exposures taken on April 29th, 2001 with my Ritchey-Chretien 12.5 inch F/7.25 telescope, with a SBIG ST-8 and the AO-7 Adaptive Optics. I put a Astrophysics .75 focal reducer on the scope before I took this image.
RA (2000)
18:18.8
DEC (2000)
-13:47
Magnitude
6.0
Size
35.0 x 28.0 arc min
Constellation
Serpens Cauda
Other Name
NGC 6611
Distance
~ 5,900 Light Years
Object Type
Emission Nebula
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