5.75 hours of Eagle Nebula

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:59 am

I have been gathering fifteen-minute subs of M16 for the past week, to add to the first lot I captured a week ago.

Here is a total of 5.75 hours

I tell ya, it is well worth the effort and a visible difference when you take the time to create darks and flats for subtraction, plus the extra subs. Really.

Baz.

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:46 pm

I had another go at re-stacking them in Deep sky stacker then running them through photoshop with a crop as well. I think I have the colour right now and the technique is getting easier to replicate.

Post by **Airconvent** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:05 pm

Nice work Barry!
All those patient hours paid off..
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yybmage · Post by **yybmage** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:26 pm

Wow! Just wonder how you waited that 5 hours! It is indeed splendid!

Post by **weixing** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:25 pm

Hi,
Nice eagle... [smilie=admire2.gif]

WOW!! 5.75hrs of exposure... and I think you must took a long time to capture all the sub frames. Well Done!!

Have a nice day.

wintertriangle22 · Post by **wintertriangle22** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:58 pm

When discovered in 1745 by one Phillipe Loy , he described only the open cluster in Serpens Cauda.About 20 years later in 1764 Messier thought the area is surrounded by a faint glow & added to his catalogue as M16.Can see the eagle right in the middle of this eagle nebula.Nice astrophoto & well worth the effort , mate