M16 The Eagle Nebula

[Emuhead (Andrew)]

Hi guys,

Taken last week Tues (windy) and Wednesday nights before it disappeared behind a monumental tree in the backyard.

EdgeHD 9.25 & 0.7x focal reducer, astrodon 3nm filters, 2.7hrs of Ha, Oiii, Sii, R, G, B (for stars) data and about 2 days playing around processing.

Hope y'all like them.

Astrobin link here

[PKay (Peter)]

Another fine example of good processing Andrew.

Lots of depth detail and contrast.

To get RGB stars right is difficult and you have done quite a good job there.

Well done

[Emuhead (Andrew)]

Thanks Peter, i did have to try a few approaches with the stars, and they were a bit on the fluffy side due to being captured with the sct, but made a compromise in the end. Trying not to clip them but still have them appear nice & bright is the balancing act.. some just look better clipped in the end i think.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Nice work Andrew.

A tad noisy but you've created a lovely colour Palette.
Love the framing too!

[Emuhead (Andrew)]

Much appreciated Andy, thankyou.

Definately guilty of a few things.. might have worked with less data than i probably should have & may have leaned on high pass filter a little too much. Guilty. lol. I blame my impatience & the Melbourne wintery skies.

On the lookout for your next release.

[LKD (Luke)]

Looks great to me

[Emuhead (Andrew)]

Thanks LKD