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M16 - Eagle Nebula, Michael Lewis
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M16 - Eagle Nebula

M16 - Eagle Nebula, Michael Lewis
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M16 - Eagle Nebula

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This was a quick capture of M16. I started the imaging session with guiding problems, so I reduced the exposure time from 300s to 60s and started the sequencing with NINA. This was the first night of relatively clear skies in about 2 weeks. Little did I know, the clouds rolled in about 37 mins after I started sequencing. I didn't realize until I woke up about 4 hours later and found the OTA soaking wet from light rain.

I was able to salvage a few images and threw out nearly 200 frames. I know that I could acquire more images and stack them using this data. I'm just excited to have this field of view and the amount of detail with an F9 scope. My other imaging scope has a FL of 360mm and the RC is 1370.

I can't wait to acquire more data!

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M16 - Eagle Nebula, Michael Lewis