Salisbury Star Party Eagle

[Mel]

Here's my humble attempt at the Eagle Nebula.

I found I quite liked the orientation when finding the DSO on the chip so I left it like this. I think the eagle looks quite something swooping down from the top left to bottom right.

Enjoy!

Iain

[msinclairinork]

Nice Eagle Iain well done!

Michael

[Starflyer]

Lovely image Iain, loads of fine detail in there, and an almost 3D effect

[anthony]

Nice one Ian. Nicely processed too

Anthony

[SlipperySquid]

Corking image that matey! I think I will have a bash at this bad boy and see what I can come up with!

How many subs was it mate? and for how long?

[RobH]

Nowt humble about that Ian...a great M16

Cheers

Rob

[Beyond_Vision]

Nicely bagged Iain it's great to take advantage of the low southern horizons at the SSP.

Regards

Kevin

[Mel]

Thanks guys

Matt - It was 5x10mins and 4x20mins on Ha and 3x10min, 3x20min on OIII. I had to ditch 2x10mins and 1x20mins from each filter as I had dew in the image (faint halos around the bright regions). Probably on the camera glass which is a pain as you cant really heat that.

On the last night the ground was sodden - I went after the Bubble but got nothing because of the same problem. Remember the rain during the day on Saturday?

Cheers

Iain

[johnkirkpatrick]

I love the eagle its my fav

[anthony]

Shame about the bubble. That's a nights effort in vain

[barkis]

You do have a great Image of M16. Another great result from The SSP. Great stuff.

Ron.

[Keiran]

Great image there Iain, Ive seen M16 through my 8" a few time, but this shows you really whats out there...

Now I dont want to sound stupid, but I dont understand how it gets its name???

[stargazer1980]

Nice one! Glad my tip on how the eagle was positioned paid off for you!

[barkis]

Great image there Iain, Ive seen M16 through my 8" a few time, but this shows you really whats out there...

Now I dont want to sound stupid, but I dont understand how it gets its name???

The Eagle bit can be construed from the bits in the centre of the image B_K, they can, with imagination, seem like a swooping Eagle, diving down from left to right.

I guess not everyone will see it that way though.

Ron.

[Mel]

Keiran - it can be hard to see but the claws give it away. Daz - yep you pointed the Eagle out to me when I was framing it remember? I hadn't seen it myself before then.

Anthony, that's not the way I see it - yes I didn't get any usable data but now I know exactly what a 'dew on the camera glass' shot looks like for next time. All I need now is a hairdryer with a long lead... ebay?

Cheers guys

Iain