The Pillars of Creation by Stegy

Photography • Space • posted on Jul 11, 2009

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Description

As captured from my backyard. The Pillars are part of Messier object M16 (also known as NGC 6611) in the constellation Serpens. This is a massive region of interstellar gas and dust and serves as a nursery for young stars. Imaged through a 16" Ritchey-Chretien telescope with an SBIG STL11000m camera and narrow-band filters. Assembled in Photoshop with the sulfur II filter mapped to the red channel, hydrogen alpha mapped to the green channel, and oxygen III mapped to the blue channel.

Comments (23)

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DarkStormCrow

10:56PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Cool ,thats one heck of a scope and camera , well done...

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Osper

10:58PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Very well done!

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NightGallery

11:16PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

I dont understand all the filter info, but I get it somewhat. What a cool shot. Incredible what the universe has going on out there. Thanks for sharing these shots.

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jocko500

11:18PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

wow got to know what you doing to shot like this with all those type of filthers. super done

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Sea_Dog

11:21PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

An amazing image!

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Seaview123

11:23PM | Sat, 11 July 2009

Spectacular photo! I wasn't aware that these objects were able to be photographed from Earth, and that the only photos of them were from the Hubble. Very nice work on the filtering to bring them out.

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DMFW

1:38AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Wonderful work and a fascinating image!

wingnut55

2:57AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

highly impressive Hubblesque work.

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Hendesse

3:54AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Absolutely impressive. Excellent and very interesting image. Thanks for sharing!

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blinkings

4:07AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Sensational. A stellar photo!

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costapanos

9:26AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Beautiful capture!

West_coaster07

9:39AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

WOW...Awesome!!!

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TwoPynts

10:46AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Amazing! I love astrophotography and this is an excellent example of a quality capture!

jared99

11:19AM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Top notch! I envy you your skill and equipment.

frankie96

4:09PM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Quite amazing...and pretty..

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StandsInAwe

6:23PM | Sun, 12 July 2009

...Jealous... :) Wonderful capture!

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drifterlee

8:08PM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

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Earthlight

8:28PM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Very nice to see the whole neighborhood. The Hubble image always has that stepped shape with the corner missing.

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deweygg

8:30PM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Incredible!

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moochagoo

10:50AM | Mon, 13 July 2009

Glad to see the stars next door. Congratulations for WS.

SerenityBlue

10:12PM | Mon, 13 July 2009

I think I was born there. LOL! Wonderful image. I can't imagine the technicality it took, but I am in awe.

whaleman

2:00AM | Tue, 28 July 2009

I could only imagine what you might accomplish if they were to put you and your gear up there with the Hubble so that you didn't have to look through the Earth's atmosphere! Well done!

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