M16 the nebula not the rifle

[Nikolas]

M16 The Eagle Nebula with the famous Pillars of creation
49 x 120 second acquisitions taken with ZWO 294mc pro Camera
TS Optics 130mm APO
Optolong L-enhance
Skywatcher NEq6 guided and controlled with the ASIAR Pro
HOO recombination with Astropixel processor and Photoshop
comments/critiques would be appreciated.
Astrobin version here (https://astrob.in/te0tid/0/)

[PKay]

10 out of 10 for that one Nik!

Very well done :thumbsup:

[Ryderscope]

The pillars rally do jump out of the image Nik. Nice one.

[JA]

I just enjoyed the Astrobin image at max res - Sensational Nik :thumbsup:

Best
JA

[Nikolas]

Thanks Everyone. I've always wanted to try the hubble pallet but for some reason I'm not a fan of the green that seems to emanate from false colour.

[gregbradley]

That's a great Eagle image Nik. Your 130 is proving to be a superb instrument.

Greg.

[Nikolas]

Thanks Greg,

I finally worked out the backfocus proper with the flattener and it has been such a blessing.

[pkinchington]

Fascinating image!

[The_bluester]

Very nice, I been meaning to have a crack at it myself for a couple of years, but I am not sure if I should use the SVX80 for the overall area or the 10"F4 for a shot a bit tighter on the pillars of creation.

[Nikolas]

thanks Peter




Do one of each, I find that even with the 130 it's still a little too wide, I want a slightly longer focal length and catch the centre myself.

[The_bluester]

I could do that too, once the mono cam arrives and I do some cable sorting I will have two setups that can run at once.

[Andy01]

Bold punchy colour palette and classic framing work well. :thumbsup:

There's something unusual with the appearance when looking at the high res.:shrug:
The pillars are very dark & appear over-sharpened and there's some odd mis-shapened stars across the field, which also shows a combination of both noisy and smooth/blurry patches.

Maybe something in the workflow/processing could be revisited? .:question:

[Nikolas]

Thanks Andy
I'm still working on the star maps and I think that may have caused issues.

I did do a selective sharpening on the pillars so that's probably why
Thanks for the feedback :)

[Geoff45]

Exquisite detail Nik.

[tornado33]

Great colour and detail!
Scott

[Retrograde]

That looks good Nik - some great detail there.
do you find much difference between the LEnhance & LExtreme?

[Nikolas]

I find the L-Extreme works better with longer focal lengths, L-Extreme seems to work well with shorter focal lengths and faster optics.