Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 4703  ·  M 16  ·  NGC 6611  ·  Star Queen
M16 Eagle Nebula, 1074j
M16 Eagle Nebula
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M16 Eagle Nebula

M16 Eagle Nebula, 1074j
M16 Eagle Nebula
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M16 Eagle Nebula

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I've been after M16 for three years and always cursed by clouds and bad seeing. Finally, I've been able to acquire enough decent quality subs to have a go. Still, the blue and OIII subs weren't that great, but I've run out of patience! The image is a blend of L, HII, and OIII for the luminosity layer, plus some HII in the red, and OIII in the blue/green. Another big mistake I was making was too long of subs as the stars in M16 are bright and easily blew out using the Atik-460ex. HII 35x300s, OIII 15x300s, L 40x30s, RGB 15x30s.

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M16 Eagle Nebula, 1074j