Pillars of Creation in Ha: For a few precious minutes (Bruce Donzanti)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser) · Contains: Eagle Nebula · IC 4703 · M 16 · NGC 6611 · Sh2-49 · Star Queen · Star Queen nebula

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Pillars of Creation in Ha: For a few precious minutes

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Pillars of Creation in Ha: For a few precious minutes

During these 12+ weeks of cloudy nights in hot, humid central Florida, I actually had a window of opportunity to see M16 and specifically, the Pillars of Creation- one of my favorite DSOs.

The Challenge....

80C and 98% humidity under Bortle 7 skies; seeing was not great nor was guiding
Due to the weather, I had to lower my camera cooling to -5 instead of the usual -10
M16 is low in my horizon with a high tree line and in the southeast sky- right smack in the lights of downtown Orlando

The goal.....capture what I can and enjoy the moment

The result....

Well- I was very pleased for the whopping 45 minutes (9 frames) of lights under the circumstances
I've never taken an image before where I took more flats than lights
I think this is also a tribute to the ZWO ASI2600MM as it worked like a champ

Narrowband imaging
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Light Polluted skies
Suburban Astrophotography
Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT) Imagers

C11" EdgeHD

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RA (center)	18h19m01s.877
RA (top/left)	18h20m14s.327
RA (top/right)	18h17m33s.295
RA (bottom/right)	18h17m49s.298
RA (bottom/left)	18h20m30s.563

Dec (center)	-13°47′45″.89
Dec (top/left)	-13°31′52″.72
Dec (top/right)	-13°37′49″.76
Dec (bottom/right)	-14°03′37″.63
Dec (bottom/left)	-13°57′40″.21

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