# Eagle Nebula M16 and Comet C2025 R2 SWAN

- By: Chuck Ayoub
- Date: 2025-10-18
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_Nebula_M16_and_Comet_C2025_R2_SWAN.png)
- Rights: [CC0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Eagle_Nebula_M16_and_Comet_C2025_R2_SWAN.png
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

'C/2025 R2 (SWAN)' visiting the Eagle Nebula (M16) the evening of Oct. 17. It was captured with a broadband filter and color camera by amateur astronomer Chuck Ayoub.

Target:

CometC/2025 R2 (SWAN) and M16

Imaging Telescope:

Celestron RASA (400 focal length)

Focuser:

Celestron Electronic Focuser

Mount:

Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Imaging Camera:

ZWO ASI533MC Color

Total Exposure Time:

98 minutes