This images consists of 35 4-minute exposures (with a master dark subtracted) taken on July 9th and 10th.
The Eagle Nebula is located in Serpens, just north of the Lagoon Nebula. Like the Lagoon it is an active star-forming region. It is a giant cloud of intersellar gas and dust which is caused to shine by emission light excited by the high-energy radiation emitted by its hot young stars. Its distance is estimated at 5,000 ly.
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