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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M16 - Eagle Nebula in SHO, Doug Gray
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M16 - Eagle Nebula in SHO

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M16 - Eagle Nebula in SHO, Doug Gray
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M16 - Eagle Nebula in SHO

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This is my first big project with the SharpStar 140PH, and I'm pretty thrilled with the scope so far. I waited 5 months for this scope, 6 for the focal reducer. Since it has arrived we've had either clouds or wildfire smoke, so it has taken over a month to finish this project. 

Mostly a SHO palette, with a little crossing of the Red/Green channels. StarNet++ for star removal, and RGB stars in their place. After processing several ultra widefield shots recently, I was surprised at how little gradient removal was needed. I do most of my adjustments with the camera raw filter in photoshop. This one looks a little soft, so I may have gone a little too hard on the noise reduction (and I don't like the 'sharpened' look), so I might take another pass at some point.

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M16 - Eagle Nebula in SHO, Doug Gray