This colorful skyscape features stars, dust, and glowing gas in NGC 6914. The complex of nebulae lies some 6,000 light-years away, toward the high-flying northern constellation Cygnus and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. With foreground dust clouds in silhouette, both reddish hydrogen emission nebulae and dusty blue reflection nebulae fill the field. [text adapted from NASA APOD] Imaged from Sierra Remote Observatories with a shared setup: Scope: Ceravolo 300 f/4.9 (FL: 1480mm) Camera: FLI PL16803 Mount: AP 1100AE *Data Acquisition Credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson, Jerome Yesavage, Leonardo Orazi *Image processing: Daniele Malleo
Imaged from Sierra Remote Observatories with a shared setup: Scope: Ceravolo 300 f/9 (FL: 2700mm) Camera: FLI PL16803 Mount: AP 1100AE *Data Acquisition Credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson, Jerome Yesavage, Leonardo Orazi *Image processing: Daniele Malleo
M16 (a star cluster around 2 million years old) and the Eagle Nebula lie about 7,000 light-years away. Described as elephant trunks or Pillars of Creation, dense, dusty columns rising near the center are light-years in length but are gravitationally contracting to form stars. Energetic radiation from the cluster stars erodes material near the tips, eventually exposing the embedded new stars. Extending from the bottom of the frame is another dusty starforming column known as the Fairy of Eagle Nebula. Imaged from Sierra Remote Observatories with a shared setup: Scope: Ceravolo 300 f/9 (FL: 2700mm) Camera: FLI PL16803 Mount: AP 1100AE *Data Acquisition Credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson, Jerome Yesavage, Leonardo Orazi *Image processing: Daniele Malleo
