Observation by Ian Sharp: Messier 16

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Paul Downing

Observer

Ian Sharp

Observed

2014 Jul 28 - 12:21

Uploaded

2014 Jul 28 - 12:29

Objects

The Eagle Nebula (M16)

Equipment

Apogee F16M-D9

Exposure

22.5 hours

Location

Siding Springs, Australia

Target name

M16

Title

Messier 16

About this image

Ian Sharp captured this image of M16 - The Eagle Nebula in July 2014 narrowband filters. The image was constructed using the Hubble palette which means, RGB allocations were:

Red = SII
Green = Ha
Blue = OIII

There are 22.5 hours of data in this image, roughly equally shared across the three filters. All sub-exposures were 30 minutes.

Details of the equipment used (at SSO, Australia) are as follows:

F/9 (2857mm focal length) Carbon-Fibre Tube w/TCC2, PIR and FFC
Equatorial Mount Bisque Paramount ME
Imaging Camera Apogee F16M-D9 (KAF-16803) with 7 slot filter wheel
Imaging Camera Filters Astrodon Series II L,R,G,B, Ha (5nm), OIII (3nm) and SII (3nm)
Guide Camera MMOAG with SBIG ST-402ME

The system delivers a 44x44 arcmin FoV operating at .65 arcsec/pixel

Files associated with this observation

M16_NB_JUL_2014_sharp.jpg (247.6 kB)

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