15.07.2007 - Wechselgebiet

The Eagle Nebula perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognized space objects, is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. It is associated with a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region, which is catalogued as IC 4703. This region of active current star formation is about 7,000 light-years distant. The brightest star in the nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8.24, easily visible with good binoculars.

12,5" f/4 Astrograph CTA320, STL-11000M, Ha : OIII : B- 100:60:30 min