The Eagle Nebula- M 16- in the Hubble Palette

The Eagle Nebula- aka Messier 16 is a perennial favourite of astro photographers.

 

This is a widefield of an object that I have photographed before, but now for the first time in SHO narrowband and in the palette made famous by the iconic " Pillars of Creation " Hubble Space Telescope image. It's a slight crop from the full image

 

This image is a result of a total of 12 hours of data integration- 4 hours each in the H Alpha, Oxygen III and Sulphur II wavelengths respectively. ( All 10 minute sub exposures)

 

Equipment:

EQ6/Redcat 51- (gosh I love this telescope)/ QHY 183 MM CMOS camera/ Baader 7 nm H alpha filter/ SvBony 7 nm OIIIand 7 nm SII filters

 

Software:

N.I.N.A / PhD2/ AstroPixel Processor/ Starnet++/ Topaz AI/ Photoshop CS6

 

Processing:

 

My first ever SHO image- had no idea how to process so followed a blend of the Sara Wager process and Bob Franke ( Focal Pointe Observatory) process with further editing in Photoshop

 

Location

 

Bortle 6 suburban

Done