M16 last night

Robby · #1 29-06-2005, 08:57 AM

Hi there,
Finally got a clear night last night. Sky glow was really bad due to a Rugby match taking place down the street. (Lions v Manawatu).
I was not to be deterred though so I took advantage of the night & shot M16 & the Eagle Nebula. Considering the sky conditions I was happy with the reset, although it is not one of my best.
C9.25 @ f/6.3. Canon 300D ISO800 10x4min exposures (40mins total)
Autoguided with ToUCam, ST80, K3CCDTools, Star-mate and G-11 mount.
Cheers

toetoe (Peter) · #2 29-06-2005, 09:03 AM

Great shot Robby, keep em coming.

iceman (Mike) · #3 29-06-2005, 09:16 AM

Wow look at the eagle in there! That's a fantastic shot Robby!

gbeal · #4 29-06-2005, 09:17 AM

What can I say, full credit.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #5 29-06-2005, 09:40 AM

Nice one Robby. Glad your finally getting a bit of clear weather. Did you use DSLR to focus this time?

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #6 29-06-2005, 09:43 AM

that's one of the nicer eagle shots I've seen in a while.. ..love the definition around the "pillars of creation".

Even though the Hubble popularised the structure with the moniker "pillars of creation", to me it has been reminiscent of a heavenly hand reaching out....

Anyway, its a keeper

Narayan

Robby · #7 29-06-2005, 09:48 AM

Thanks for the positive comments guys. I reckon given a dark sky I can do better.
Paul, yes I did use DSLR focus. Got it as close as I could to focussed. I still get blobby starrs, but I think it's as much to do with SCT's as anything else. Also I noticed that the collimation was a tad off, so tuning that might help.
Cheers

Striker (Tony) · #8 29-06-2005, 12:54 PM

Great stuff Robby.....

No wait a minute....thats pathetic...you beat the Bronco's last weekend...grrrrrrrr
Worst shot I have ever seen.....lol

Robby · #9 29-06-2005, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Striker

you beat the Bronco's last weekend...grrrrrrrr
Worst shot I have ever seen.....lol

Well not me personally, but it was a great game for the Warriors. Told you the boys would be fired up. What a way for the Bronc's to end a 10 game winning streak... Only a minor spped hump for them on their path to the final I suspect.

Cheers

atalas · #10 29-06-2005, 03:26 PM

Yes Robby nice shot again dude.

Louie

iceman (Mike) · #11 01-07-2005, 09:17 AM

Check out this version of M16 by Jay, a very very good astrophotographer. Greyscale H-A.

http://www.allaboutastro.com/M16.html

It's worth viewing the fullsize version, I assure you!