M16 in Hydrogen Alpha

[The Lazy Astronomer]

My parents have recently moved to a new place just outside of north Wales, bortle class 4 (bordering 3). I went to stay with them over the bank holiday weekend, and would you believe it the forecast was clear for both nights!

Obviously then, the full imaging equipment would have to come with me (side note, an eq6r is most definitely not meant for traveling).

I had hoped to get around 3 hours of good data over the 2 nights, but unfortunately I had a few issues (and beers) on night 1, and by the time I'd resolved those it was nearing 2am and I decided to give up and try again on night 2.

When night 2 rolled around, things went much smoother, and once M16 had cleared the distant trees, I was able to get a decent 1 hour 20 mins worth of data before I decided to pack up and go to bed.

This is 16 x 5 min Ha (Astronomik 7nm) with an Esprit 100 and 294MM. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, but as always, feedback and pointers welcome.

Now I just need to get OIII and SII filters and head back there for another few nights! 😉

[Sunshine]

A wonderful image!