The Eagle Nebula (M16) - LRGB

Posted by dcrowson
on Friday, July 1, 2016

M16 (NGC 6611, Sharpless 49, RCW 165, Gum 83 and others) is an open cluster embedded in nebulosity located approximately 7,000 light-years away in Serpens.

Ha – 12x1800s – 360 minutes – binned 1x1
OIII – 12x1800s – 360 minutes – binned 1x1
SII – 12x1800s – 360 minutes – binned 1x1

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

1440 minutes total exposure – 24 hours

Imaged over 20 nights in March, April, May and June, 2016 from Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/27405738233/sizes/l

SHO-RGB (Hubble Palette) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/27405737863/sizes/l

HSO (Modified-Hubble Palette) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/27405737033/sizes/l

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