M16

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Dan Crowson

Animas, New Mexico

Imaged over 20 nights in March, April, May and June, 2016 from Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/27405738233/sizes/l

SHO-RGB (Hubble Palette) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/27405737863/sizes/l

HSO (Modified-Hubble Palette) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/27405737033/sizes/l

M16 (NGC 6611, Sharpless 49, RCW 165, Gum 83 and others) is an open cluster embedded in nebulosity located approximately 7,000 light-years away in Serpens.

Ha Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 12x1800s Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 360 minutes Ă¢â‚¬â€œ binned 1Ă—1
OIII Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 12x1800s Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 360 minutes Ă¢â‚¬â€œ binned 1Ă—1
SII Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 12x1800s Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 360 minutes Ă¢â‚¬â€œ binned 1Ă—1

Luminance Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 24x600s Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 240 minutes Ă¢â‚¬â€œ binned 1Ă—1
RGB Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 8x300s Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 40 minutes each Ă¢â‚¬â€œ binned 2Ă—2

1440 minutes total exposure Ă¢â‚¬â€œ 24 hours

2016-06-30T00:00:00

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