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M16 Eagle Nebula from South Coast NSW
Last night on the south coast NSW conditions were excellent, very light wind , no dew , no moon and good seeing
Took the opportunity to image M16 which I’ve only imaged once before and changed my mind at the last minute to use the L Extreme filter even though no moon around and Bortle 3/4 skies ( glad I did )
NexDome Obs
Home made Dome rotation control system
8” f5 Bintel GSO newt
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom at HDR and cooled to -10C
Optolong OSC NB L Extreme Filter
55 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
Goto and tracking EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Framed focused and captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.70 to 0.80 arc sec error total )
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear Data Set ( used Bi Colour Preset )
In hindsight should have captured more data ( another hour or two ) due to the great conditions but tiredness got the better of me ( my Obs is semi automated not fully automated or autonomous)
Original Frame
Cropped frame to show central area pillars and associated details
Comments most welcome
Thanks
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