• M16 and the Pillars of Creation in Serpens
    • The Pillars of Creation
    Annotated Pillars of Creation
  • M16 is an open star cluster and H-α emission nebula in Serpens.
  • In the nearly white Eagle Nebula are the Pillars of Creation.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  14 July
  • FOV:  approximately 30' × 20'
  • Rotation:  0.055°
  • Telescope:  Orion 127mm Mak-Cass (1382mm, nominally 1540mm, f/12.1)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair plus
  • Mount:  ZWO AM5
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 90
  • Filter:  no added filters
  • Total Time:  7 hours 25 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight
  • preprocessing → forty-nine frames
  • MGC, DBE, SPCC, BXT, NXT → Linear
  • MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch, Sat → Stars
  • Linear: MStr, MAS, GHS, HST,
  • PixelMath MStr + MAS + GHS + HST → Starless
  • CurvesTransformation, HDRMST55PhLm
  • PixelMath ScreenBlend(Stars, Starless), DynCrop/Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY