‘This M16 mosaic contains the famous horsehead nebula.’
Surely there’s an error there.
I don’t thinkso, somehow.
O. Tunnah
This M16 mosaic contains the famous Eagle Nebula. The mosaic is made up of 27 individual images that have been processed and stiched together. They are single 60 second exposures, taken through the H-Alpha filter on Faulkes Telescope North.
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‘This M16 mosaic contains the famous horsehead nebula.’
Surely there’s an error there.