M16 The eagle Nebula 06-17&18-2020

M16 The Eagle Nebula - yet another Messier object under my belt while COVID-19 unemployed.
Taken from the Long View Overlook at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. https://www.google.com ….8429397?hl=en&​authuser=0
30 minutes of Luminance Data and 1 hour of each RGB. Baader Filters.
Explore Scientific ED127mm scope and ZWO ASI1600mm cooled camera.

That is stunning..
Thank you for sharing.

Thanks, headed back tonight for narrowband data....

Although, I have no idea about astrophotography, the images are beautiful
and I'm sure require a lot of patience and knowledge..

joayne wrote in post #19080528
Although, I have no idea about astrophotography, the images are beautiful
and I'm sure require a lot of patience and knowledge..

Don't forget LUCK. But yes, mostly patience and a bit of knowledge

Thanks for viewing.

Same subject, I managed a second night of data and captured it in Ha, SII, and OIII and combined it with the previous LRGB data to come up with this version.
Plenty to learn in this process and this is my first attempt.
This is an additional one hour of data through each of the narrowband filters.

IMAGE LINK: https://photos.smugmug​.com …IIISII-St-X3.jpg&lb=1&s=A

Very nice!

These are quite spectacular. I hope you are not COVID-19 unemployed for too long.

Thanks guys. Sadly, I don't think I'll be going back to work anytime soon. I work in the convention business here in Las Vegas and nobody is coming back for large conventions anytime soon. Fortunately, I'm ok with that unlike many of my friends and co-workers that are struggling.

Here's another version of the same subject...

This data was actually part of a mistake. Unity gain for my camera is 139 and that's what I normally shoot at. When focusing, I crank the gain to 500 to shorten the exposures and make focusing easier. On this run, I shot 60 minutes worth of data at the high, noisy gain setting of 500. Rather than throw it away, I decided to make lemonade from the lemons. Not bad...
60x 60seconds Ha only.
Explore Scientific ED127mm scope and ZWO 1600mm camera with Baader filters.

IMAGE LINK: https://photos.smugmug​.com …i-VxdZLHZ-X3.jpg&lb=1&s=A

Very nice images or results, you are doing fine, you need to get the remaining data of narrowbanding and you will have a stunning result, good luck!