Vern’s Weblog

 I decided to revist M16, the Eagle Nebula, in constellation Serpens last evening.  We haven’t had any clear sky here in the Denver area for some time now, so it was nice to do some imaging for a change.  Image was taken with Canon 300D Rebel with 2 minute exposure at ASA 400.  That was not near enough time for this object, the bird just barely shows up in the raw images.  I’ll need to use 3 or maybe even 4 minute exposure next time. My previous effort with the Stellacam2 was better. The image was created from a stack of 10 images, I’ll need to increase that to maybe 20 next time to reduce the noise.

Image taken with Celestron Nexstar11, F6.3 focal reducer, and Canon 300D camera.  Manually guided with Stellarvue A1010, TV 2.5X Powermate, and Stellacam2 video camera. Sky was clear, turbulence around 6/10, wind between 3 to 5 mph, temperature 64°F, humidity 80-86%, transparency was generally good.

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