"The Eagles Head Nebula (M16) in Serpens"

Composite image

Equipment used:
80mm and 152mm refractors

Starlightxpress SXV-H9 CCD camera
http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/index.htm

True Technology filter wheel
http://www.trutek-uk.com/

Astronomik Halpha filter
http://www.gerd.neumann.net

AstroArt image processing software
http://www.msb-astroart.com/

Winner: 2006 CWAS David Malin Awards - Amateur Deep Sky section

Citation: "This eye catching image gives a good overall impression of
3-dimentonality. It has a natural appearence, with no trace of image
processing, good colour balance, nice round stars and sensitive cropping.
It is a remarkable image." - David Malin 2006

See: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/published_images

Click on "original" below for a high resolution view (550K)

For a close up of the "Pillars of Creation"
see: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/64128103/original (450K)