M16 Eagle Nebula

[Rod771]

Hi Everyone.

Always thought the Eagle looked a little boring in RGB when compared to so many vibrant NB versions. However, having never imaged it I thought I should give it a go while the nights were still relatively cool.

Ended up with 60 x 4 minute subs imaged over three nights.

Imaged with the C11 Edge HD with .7x focal reducer (1960mm FL) F7.
Mount - CGEM DX
Canon 60Da @ ISO 800

Integration, 4 hours in total.

Calibrated with darks and flats, processed in Pixinsight.

Large click here (http://astrob.in/full/213970/B/)

Warning!! Decon was used ;)

Thanks for Looking

Cheers

Rod

[Geoff45]

You've got nice contrast there Rod. That's often hard to get with RGB. Nicely done. Decon is certainly not obvious, but eagle-eye Mike will probably jump in here.
Geoff

[RickS]

Nice job, Rod! Tricky to do this object nicely in RGB.

[Paul Haese]

Nice image Rob. Heaps of detail and the high res holds up really well. Well done.

[Camelopardalis]

Beautifully done Rod :thumbsup: the C11 certainly brings out the detail!

[MortonH]

That's a cracker!

[Rod771]

Thanks Geoff! I was happy with contrast. The Decon parameters were actually the same as I used in the swan image however, I used a different noise reduction method in this image with smoother results. I used TGV in the swan image producing a some what powdery effect , then Decon just sharpened the powder :D.



Cheers Rick! :thumbsup:



Thanks Paul! Its not a knock out but I was quite happy with the DSLR result.



Love the C11 Edge Dunk, sooooo versatile, F10, F7, F2 and visual awesomeness :D

Cheers! :)



Thanks for having a look, Morton. :)

[astronobob]

Great image and show Rod, The Eagle is a great target in my books, good for wider fields and goes great guns in a closer up as here.
Mighty fine image !!

[Rod771]

Thanks Bob! I had fun capturing and processing this one. There certainly are a lot great versions out there of the Eagle. Im just happy to have it included in my gallery now.