M16 - The Eagle Nebula
Full size image here: http://bit.ly/2LxMPGF
This is another image I've had sitting in the hopper for a while now. About a month ago I released a photo of M16 which was pretty good. I had collected 100 mins of exposure time and the image looked good. But I later collected another couple of hours worth of images, almost doubling what I had initially. I went through both sessions and picked out the best 90 exposures I had and integrated them indo this image.
I've shot this one several times over the years, but never had a final image where I felt I had really done this majestic nebula true justice. I think I'm now satisfied with what I managed to produce this time around.
This was my first real "trial by fire" in PixInsight. I've been spending a lot of time learning it in the last couple of weeks. I've worked on a couple of images what worked out well, but most have been throwaways. I've finally gotten to the point where I can get better results with PixInsight than I do only with Photoshop.
- TECH DATA -
Scope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P @ f/4
Mount: Celestron CGX
Camera: ZWO Astronomy Cameras ASI 1600MC-Pro
Autoguider: Orion Telescopes & Binoculars Mini Guide Scope + SSAG
Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor and processed in PixInsight and finished in Photoshop.
90 x 2 min exposures (3 hours)
Shot at the Lennox and Addington County Dark Sky Viewing Area near Erinsville, Ontario
