M16

Eagle Nebula in Emission-Line

Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Serpens

Distance

7,000 ly

Date

June 15, 2012

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

SII 8x15, Ha 16x20, OIII 8x15 (bin 1x1) as RGB

Notes

Published in Astronomy Magazine February 2013 issue.

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1700mm @f/6

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, 3nm Ha, 6nm OIII

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop