Eagle Nebula, M16

I would love to try this with an apo rather than an achromat, but I currently figure the extra detail afforded by the Evostar makes up for the halos round the bright stars. I'm even starting to get accustomed to the pearl effect of once the image has been stretched!

 

35x120 second subframes, total integration 1 hour 10 minutes.

 

Imaging:

Skywatcher Evostar 150,

QHY163C with Astronomik CLS filter.

Guiding:

190mm focal length finder-guider,

Orion SSAG.

All on

Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro

 

Captured using SharpCap. Guided with PHD2.

 

Stacked and processed in DSS, Fitswork and Gimp.

 

20th and 27th July 2017

Cambridge, UK

Done