Eagle M16 - Starless - Pillars of Creation - Starnet++ and NoiseXterminator for Pixinsight (slike_zvizda)

Eagle M16 - Starless - Pillars of Creation - Starnet++ and NoiseXterminator for Pixinsight

This time I took new set of 30 second subs with Celestron Edge 8HD on unguided (and wedged) Alt-Az Evolution mount. Got slightly over one hundred usable exposures (Bortle 4-5). EVO (Alt-Az) mount works nice on wedge, even with long focal lengths. I should have spent more time aligning it, but wanted to catch Eagle as high as it gets before it sinks down to city lights. Weather permitting, I will try again this weekend. If everything goes well I should get 3 hours of 40 second subs.

Then I played with Starnet++ and NoiseXTerminator for Pixinsight… amazing tools!!!

Great scene. Unfortunately, it is possible that 1000 years from now people on Earth will not see it anymore because some recent data suggests this stellar nursery was destroyed 6000 years ago by supernova explosion.

If the star really exploded and destroyed pillars, we should name that star "Samson" - “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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