My first attempt at capturing this famous nebula last year.
Celestron SuperC8 (1980s) with a reducer on Celestron AVX and ZWO camera OSC.
Waiting patiently for another chance this year (weather) with a zoom lens (which I dropped and broke the front lens ) to capture the surrounding and frame it better.
Fantastic shot. I only recently learned that the "Pillars of Creation" (dead center in the nebula) is actually a gas formation part of the Eagle Nebula. I always thought the two were separate.
Same here, I didn't know Pillars of Creation famous from Hubble Space Telescope was in the Eagle nebula. I was shooting any nebula I found in the Milky Way. Last winter was memorable as I got Trifid and Lagoon.
Thanks Steve, it was a brand new lens I was setting up on my EQ mount at night. Should have done so in daylight and now have rubber mat on the pavement.
) to capture the surrounding and frame it better.
