M16 the Eagle Nebula

[nightcasper]

This is M16 captured from ICAstronomy in Oria, Spain. The image was captured using a narrowband Hydrogen-alpha filter (Ha) as the moon was at about 70% this was a test of my new Ha filter. 

Also in the image is the famous Pillars of Creation.

Ha 10x1800 Secs

5 Hours in total

Equipment used:

Telescope: Tec 140 F7

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -15C

Image Scale: 0.95 

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Ha 6nm

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

 

[Seanelly]

A marvelous image.

[assouptro]

Stunning!

[nightcasper]

8 hours ago, Seanelly said:

A marvelous image.

 

7 hours ago, assouptro said:

Stunning!

Many thanks 😀

[ollypenrice]

Super. What more could you ask?

Olly

[Skyline]

Its very deep, you do wonder how big those pillars are.

[PhotoGav]

Oooh yes, that all seems to be working rather nicely!

[dave_galera]

That is outstanding!!

[Tom OD]

Excellent pic. Sharpened in all the right places too. 

Tom. 

[nightcasper]

Appreciate The comments all looking forward to adding some OIII and SII 😀.

Dave