M16 - The Eagle/Star Queen Nebula in Serpens Containing "The Pillars of Creation"
Imaged from Nova Scotia, Late Spring 2014
HaRGB
Data
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM
Nova Scotia Jun. 2014, ~mag 6.4 - no moon @-20C
Imaging OTA
Takahashi TOA-150 with TOA-67 Field Flattener
Equivalent focal length and ratio
1090mm f/7.3
Mount
Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding
PHD2/MMOAG/SBIG ST-i
HaRGB Total Integration Time 14hrs 30 mins
Ha-16x30 min R10x10 min, G-14x10 min, B15x10 min-Astrodon Gen 2 I series Filters. Binned 1X1
Acquisition
Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking
Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed Feb 2023
PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.04 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid
Star Queen/Pillars of Creation in Ha
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