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M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped), Arvind H.
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped)

M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped), Arvind H.
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M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped)

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The subs were taken in July-Aug but had been sitting unprocessed while I hiked up the steep learning curve that is PixInsight. Finally feel comfortable enough sharing the output: My first image processed in PI - using the the indispensable LightVortexAstronomy tutorials by Kayron and Warren Keller's "Inside Pixinsight"

As a perhaps overenthusiastic beginner, I've tried almost all of the common processes on this image and feel I might have gone a bit overboard - esp. in the balancing act between sharpness and noise reduction in the nebula itself.

I'd appreciate feedback and pointers on improvement.

This is a crop of the nebula in the more familiar orientation of the pillars.

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  • M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped), Arvind H.
    Original
  • M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped), Arvind H.
    B
  • M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped), Arvind H.
    C
  • Final
    M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped), Arvind H.
    D

B

Description: Re-processed to have more nebulosity and fewer/less bright stars.
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C

Description: Sharpened the stars a bit more.

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D

Description: Trying to get the stars to look sharper.

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M16 - The Eagle Nebula (cropped), Arvind H.

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