M16, NGC6611 "The Eagle Nebula"

[PRejto]

This image was taken from my private observatory in Rylstone, NSW, Australia using a TEC-140/Paramount MX+ mount at f14 with an astrophysics BARADV barlow (https://www.astro-physics.com/baradv) yielding a resolution of .5 arc-sec at 1960mm focal length. The filters were Baader Ha, SII, OIII for an SHO pallet. The camera was a mono Trius SX694 at -20C. Total imaging time was 49.5 hours and the majority of subs in SII and OIII were 1800 sec. Ha , 600 sec. Processing was 90% in Pixinsight and the remainder in Adobe Photoshop CS5. RGB stars were added, 30 sec subs.

Thanks for looking!

Peter

https://www.astrobin.com/jm6vv1/

[strongmanmike]

Wow 50hrs! Niiiice work Peter, that's some dedication right there and the result is very good and in ya face! well done :thumbsup:

Mike

[alpal]

Great picture Peter,
I assume it was taken at about 800 meters elevation?
The resolution looks so sharp.

cheers
Allan

[gregbradley]

A very impressive image Peter. Well done.

Greg.

[Dave882]

Stunning image mate. Incredible resolution!

[Startrek]

What a project resulting in a super sharp image with excellent fine detail and nice colour palette too
Well done for effort alone
Cheers
Martin

[Ryderscope]

Great work Peter. A stunning result :thumbsup:

[Retrograde]

Beautiful image Peter - superb depth & detail!

[PRejto]

Thank you ALL for your very kind comments! They are very much appreciated.

After too many years away from imaging it is certainly nice to be back. I've never processed a narrow band image before. I have to thank Adam Block for a great deal of information. His "Horizons" tutorials are great.

P