M16 Eagle Nebula

[Jen]

Hi everyone

Here is my attempt at the Eagle Nebula

I’m slowly getting my head around narrowband imaging (i think)
The processing side of things has been very challenging but its also soooooo much fun, oh the joys Having an observatory and being able to image during a full Moon woooohoooo

Cheers

12 hours total integration time + 20 hours trying to process 🤣😝
147 x 5 minutes in Ha, S11 and O111
Scope: Skywatcher ED/120
Camera: ASI1600mm
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well, that's some solid work there Jen, great looking colour palette too although it appears a bit light and washed out a bit on my monitor but otherwise very nicely processed.

Have you calibrated your screen? Recently I have become aware that some people are likely viewing and or processing astroimages on rather dark high contrast screens, this means that if they process an image using such a screen, this will mean they could look very bright and washed out on a properly calibrated screen..does that make sense?

I think THIS is a good tool to use to calibrate your monitor for viewing and processing astro images. Not doing either in a bright room is a good idea as well

Again, well done and you are clearly making great headway into this crazy pastime of astroimaging now that you have that Taj Mahal observatory

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Top shot Jen! And it's got the purple rain color scheme. win-win. One for your cool wall.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well, that's some solid work there Jen, great looking colour palette too although it appears a bit light and washed out a bit on my monitor but otherwise very nicely processed.

Have you calibrated your screen? Recently I have become aware that some people are likely viewing and or processing astroimages on rather dark high contrast screens, this means that if they process an image using such a screen, this will mean they could look very bright and washed out on a properly calibrated screen..does that make sense?

I think THIS is a good tool to use to calibrate your monitor for viewing and processing astro images. Not doing either in a bright room is a good idea as well

Again, well done and you are clearly making great headway into this crazy pastime of astroimaging now that you have that Taj Mahal observatory

Mike

Thanks Mike
i have been trying to calibrate my screen on the laptop but i cant seem to find the contrast buttons etc on the thing grrrr i have two other screens set up and everyone of them gives a different look so i do struggle with trying to get my pics right
Thanks for the tip i will try and have another go at getting all three screens right

[Jen]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Top shot Jen! And it's got the purple rain color scheme. win-win. One for your cool wall.

Hehehe thanks Marc damn it i tried really hard to make this one not look purple

[Bart]

Very nice Jen! You are definately getting the hang of it.

I agree with Mike, it could be a bit less bright overall, although the processing in general looks to be very good.

I use a Data Colour Spyder to keep my monitors calibrated. Seems to work OK. A new one is quite expensive now, so Mike's trick should work well.

I doubt your laptop has contrast, a lot do not, and some stand alone monitors, cheaper ones, can sometimes not have it as well.

[gregbradley]

Looking good. That's a very good narrowband image. You're off to a flying start.

Greg.

[xelasnave]

Very nice and I really do like the framing.
Alex

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Great sharp image

[JA]

Well done Jen...

Best
JA

[Jen]

Thanks everyone 🤗🤗🤗

[SkyWatch (Dean)]

Looking good Jen!

I love the artistic edging of the wide-field shot: it gives it a bit of a wow factor that is missing in some more conventional straight edge images.

I am not at all jealous of your observatory and dark sky... not.

Keep up the good work, and good luck with the computer screens!

- Dean

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Awesome! Very well done!

[Jen]

Lol at Dean