M16

Object(s): M16 The Eagle Nebula
Date: August 16, 2007
Location: "My-Spot" Observatory, West Bloomfield, Michigan (4.2 ZLM)
Exposure(s): 1 x 5 Min &12 x 7.5 Min @ ISO 400 (95 Minutes Total) (1 Dark Frame)
Camera: Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D)
Filter(s): Orion 2" SkyGlow Broadband
Equipment: 10" f/10 Meade OTA w/GEG and focal reducer at f/7.5 on Losmandy G-11
Guide Scope: ETX90 OTA and SBIG ST-4

Software & Processing: RAW image files were dark frame & background subtracted and converted to Tif files using my RawHide RAW file converter. The Tifs were then aligned and stacked using Registar 1.0.7 and then processed using Picture Window Pro. This was the first light for the Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D). 

Info: M16 - The Eagle Nebula, was really made famous by the awesome Hubble Space Telescopes' picture entitled "Pillars of Creation". The results where quite good when considering the wind. Not bad considering the horrible light pollution in this part of my sky.

M16

Object: M16
Date: July 22, 2007
Location: "My-Spot" Observatory, West Bloomfield, Michigan (4.2 ZLM)
Exposure(s): 12 x 5 Min @ ISO 400 (60 Minutes)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Equipement: 10" f/10 Meade OTA w/GEG and focal reducer at f/7.5 on Losmandy G-11
Guide Scope: ETX90 OTA and SBIG ST-4

Software & Processing: RAW image files were dark frame subtracted and converted to Tif files using my RawHide RAW file converter. The Tifs were then aligned and stacked using Registar 1.0.7 and then processed and cropped using Picture Window Pro.

M16 (Film)

Object: M16
Date: Sept 26, 2000
Exposure(s): 12 Min
Film: Kodak PJ400
Equipement: 10" f/10 Meade LX6
Guide Scope: ETX90 OTA and Vixen GA4 Illuminated Guiding Adapter.

Hardware & Software: HP S20xi film scanner, Hamrick Software's VueScan, The raw images were color balanced, processed, and cropped, using Picture Window.

Info: I was very happy to be able to see the "pillars" in this short exposure.

M16 (Film)

Object: M16
Date: April 29, 2003
Location: New Mexico Skies (Mayhill, NM)
Exposure: 55 Min
Film: Kodak E200 (pushed 1 stop)
Equipement: 10" f/10 Meade LX6 OTA w/GEG at f/7.5
AutoGuider: SBIG ST-4 (A4's very windy).

Hardware & Software: Minolta Scan Elite II film scanner, Hamrick Software's VueScan, cropped and levels lightly adjusted using Picture Window.