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M16 - The Eagle Nebula 15-May-2021

Distance: 5,700±400 ly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Nebula

Equipment configuration and exposure data:

Mount: Orion HDX110 German equatorial mount controlled by TSXPro (Software Bisque) via EQASCOM
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 V2. 11" f/2.2 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph, 620mm FL
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro. Gain 100; Offset 21; Filter: Optolong L-eNhance. Image capture scale: AS/P=1.238" (i.e., unbinned). Resized to 50% for display.
Image capture software: Software Bisque TSXPro Camera Addon
Exposures: Best 9 of 11 @ 360s, beginning 05/15/2021 01:39:09.179 AM MST. Calibration: 0 bias frames, 13 darks, 9 flat frames; Autoguided.
Guide camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini. Autoguide software: PHD2 Guiding 2.6.9dev5. Tracking: 0.62" Total RMS.
Post processing software: ImagesPlus6.5; LuminarAI from SkyLum; ThumbsPlus Pro 10.

Source image: 20210515_M16_CombExcAvg-IPddp-LumAI.tif-TPadj2.tif


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