Backyard Eagle - M16 in HOO - First light new QHY294M Pro (SoDakAstronomyNut)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Eagle Nebula · IC 4703 · M 16 · NGC 6611 · Sh2-49 · Star Queen · Star Queen nebula

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Backyard Eagle - M16 in HOO - First light new QHY294M Pro

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Backyard Eagle - M16 in HOO - First light new QHY294M Pro

Quick stack of four hours of narrowband subs (60X120sec of Ha and 60X120sec of [OIII]) taken in the last week from our backyard. My new QHY294M Pro mono camera had serious horizontal banding issues - turned out that the USB connector in the camera was broken. OPT rapidly replaced the camera in about 5 days. While I was out of business I ordered a new Antlia 3nm Ha filter – glad I did because the contrast is very satisfying. This is first light with the new camera and Ha filter.

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Description: Updated HOO image after running Lefty's Astrophotography SHO tutorial on his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7FuApFSGuA). The slight offset of the OO stars are because I accidentally rotated my camera on the second night while I was collecting [OIII] - I removed the camera for Ha flat darks and put it back on slightly off the Ha position. Lefty's tutorial has been the best I have been able to find for it's simplicity and excellent results. Now to capture some better data. My camera/OAAG/Etc. are now marked and I shoot flat darks on the mount to keep alignment. CS & GB!

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RA (center)	18h18m41s.332
RA (top/left)	18h18m12s.622
RA (top/right)	18h17m51s.559
RA (bottom/right)	18h19m10s.192
RA (bottom/left)	18h19m31s.135

Dec (center)	-13°46′04″.20
Dec (top/left)	-13°30′57″.16
Dec (top/right)	-13°57′28″.97
Dec (bottom/right)	-14°01′09″.96
Dec (bottom/left)	-13°34′37″.63

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