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M16, Eagle nebula (triplet apo edition), Dev (Dave) Prana
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M16, Eagle nebula (triplet apo edition)

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M16, Eagle nebula (triplet apo edition), Dev (Dave) Prana
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M16, Eagle nebula (triplet apo edition)

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From our Bortle 5 backyard patio, while my primary targets (Pelican and N. America nebulae) were still over the East side above our backyard, I decided to chase after my Fave nebula this time of the year, aka The Eagle (M16), using my Triplet Apo on this awesome bird for the first time, yay! Fighting with satellites and the Airplanes photo bombing my shots was not fun, as that kept adding 3 minutes per shot, but I managed to collect 15 x 180 sec subs by 10:30pm. Thus far, in one year, I have created images of this grand target using Stellina (before I sold it in early Jan), then my WO Z73 on GEM28, and even the Nexstar Evo 8" SCT on the HEQ5 Pro. 

15 x 180sec of good data, stacked and integrated with 30 darks and 30 flats in Astro Pixel Processor, and post processed in Pixinsight and touched up in Paintshop pro towards the end for clarity and vibrancy! Equipment used: SW ED100 esprit Triplet Apo on HEQ5 Pro mount with ZWO 294MC Pro main cam and ZWO 120mini guidecam, 60mm guidescope, ASI Air Plus, Optolong L enhance filter, ZWO EAF, Bathinov mask, dew heater straps and powered by two Jackery units.

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M16, Eagle nebula (triplet apo edition), Dev (Dave) Prana