Messier 16 Heart of the Eagle
Messier 16 Heart of the Eagle
This image was produced from a stack of exposures captured at a Bortle 4 site in Landers, CA, USA on a New Moon night. The telescope used was an Explore Scientific ED102 FL 714mm F7. Guiding was with an Orion 50mm Guide Scope FL 242mm, and a ZWO ASI290MC for the guide camera, with PHD2 auto-guiding software adjusting the tracking during the exposures. The Computerized GOTO mount used was a Celestron Advanced VX. The main imaging camera was a ZWO ASI294MC PRO cooled to -5C. Exposures taken numbered 124 at 45s each. The camera was set to a Gain of 280 and a of Bin 1 x 1. No darks, flats or bias frames were used. The post processing was done through Pixinsight software, while the polar alignment for the evening was with done with SharpCap Pro. The image was cropped to show the center feature known as the Pillars of Creation.
Messier 16 Heart of the Eagle
Messier 16 Heart of the Eagle
This image was produced from a stack of exposures captured at a Bortle 4 site in Landers, CA, USA on a New Moon night. The telescope used was an Explore Scientific ED102 FL 714mm F7. Guiding was with an Orion 50mm Guide Scope FL 242mm, and a ZWO ASI290MC for the guide camera, with PHD2 auto-guiding software adjusting the tracking during the exposures. The Computerized GOTO mount used was a Celestron Advanced VX. The main imaging camera was a ZWO ASI294MC PRO cooled to -5C. Exposures taken numbered 124 at 45s each. The camera was set to a Gain of 280 and a of Bin 1 x 1. No darks, flats or bias frames were used. The post processing was done through Pixinsight software, while the polar alignment for the evening was with done with SharpCap Pro. The image was cropped to show the center feature known as the Pillars of Creation.