Eagle in SHO

[pluto]

Here is a work-in-progress M16, it needs lots more data to overcome the noise but I'm happy with the way it's going.

I started taking 20 minute subs but soon realised I wasn't getting much of the faint stuff over the insanely light polluted sky, especially in SII, so I switched to 30 minute subs. I'm getting a considerably better SNR with 30 minute exposures but some of the brighter stars are maxing out - I guess that's just a feature/limitation of the KAF-8300. I'll take some shorter subs for the stars when I've got enough data of the nebula.

Full res here:
http://hughsblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/m16-eagle-nebula-in-hubble-palette/

SII – 6x20min + 12x30min
Ha – 6x20min + 2x30min
OIII – 4x20min + 2x30min
Takahashi TSA-120 / SW EQ6 / SBIG STT-8300M / FW8G + AO-8T / StarTools / PS / LR

Any comments/critiques would be most welcome, thanks for looking :D

[multiweb]

That's looking very nice. I like the colors and framing. :thumbsup:

[pluto]

Thanks Marc!

[RickS]

That's a great start, Hugh.

[gregbradley]

Looking very good Hugh.

Greg.

[DJT]

Very nice Hugh. Some epic work from the burbs :thumbsup:

[pluto]

Thanks very much Rick and Greg :)

[pluto]

Thanks David, it's a challenge but if I didn't do it in the city I'd only get a few chances a year to get to dark skies. Actually I'm itching for a good clear dark night out of the city, have to make that happen soon!

[Rod771]

Looking really good Hugh! Nice and smooth.

Nice clear night tonight for some data, a bit windy though. :rolleyes:

[troypiggo]

That's really nice.

[pluto]

Thanks Rod :)
It was a bit too windy for me last night unfortunately.



Cheers Troy.