M16 Eagle Nebula

[Jen]

Hi everyone :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Here is my attempt at the Eagle Nebula

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

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

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[strongmanmike]

Well, that's some solid work there Jen, great looking colour palette too :thumbsup: 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? :question:

I think THIS (https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/55347254/original) 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 :thumbsup:

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

Mike

[multiweb]

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

[Jen]

Thanks Mike :thumbsup:
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 :question::rolleyes::screwy:
Thanks for the tip i will try and have another go at getting all three screens right :thumbsup:

[Jen]

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

[Bart]

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

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]

Great sharp image

[JA]

Well done Jen... :thumbsup:

Best
JA

[Jen]

Thanks everyone 🤗🤗🤗

[SkyWatch]

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]

Awesome! Very well done!

[Jen]

:rofl::rofl: Lol at Dean ;);)

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