M16 The Eagle Nebula 17&18-06-2020

[SiriusDoggy]

M16 The Eagle Nebula - yet another Messier object under my belt while COVID-19 unemployed. 
Taken from the Long View Overlook at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. https://goo.gl/maps/CJ3dFkwovJq26mDz8
30 minutes of Luminance Data and 1 hour of each RGB. Baader Filters.
Explore Scientific ED127mm scope and ZWO ASI1600mm cooled camera.

[tooth_dr]

Nice to see this nebula, a lovely image.  It's pretty low here, with an altitude of just 20 degrees.

[MartinB]

Looking great.  Is this a dark site or is there a lot of LP from Las Vagas?

[vindubs]

Great image.   looks 3D with the depth of the stars

[SiriusDoggy]

On 19/06/2020 at 04:27, MartinB said:

Looking great.  Is this a dark site or is there a lot of LP from Las Vagas?

It's fairly dark to from the east down to the south, southwest. The north is horrible.

[SiriusDoggy]

Making lemonade from lemons...

Unity gain for my camera is 139 but when I'm focusing I crank up the gain to 500 to make exposures shorter and focusing easier. Well, I forgot to reset the gain until after I captured an hour of 60 second exposures. I almost tossed the data into the bin but decided to see what I could pull out of it. Not bad for over-cranked gain.
Explore Scientific ED127mm and ZWO1600mm cooled camera, Baader Ha filter.