http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/06/27/messier-16-ngc-6611-the-eagle-nebula/ Occasional observations of an amateur astronomer Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/06/27/messier-16-ngc-6611-the-eagle-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Vern’s Astronomy Weblog » M16 - Eagle Nebula Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:53:45 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/06/27/messier-16-ngc-6611-the-eagle-nebula/#comment-277 [...]  I decided to revist M16, the Eagle Nebula, in constellation Serpens last evening.  We haven’t had any clear sky here in the Denver area for some time now, so it was nice to do some imaging for a change.  Image was taken with Canon 300D Rebel with 2 minute exposure.  That was not near long enough exposure for this object, it just barely shows up in the raw images.  I’ll need to use 3 or maybe even 4 minute exposure next time. My previous effort with the Stellacam2 was better. The image was created from a stack of 10 images, I’ll need to increase that to maybe 20 next time to reduce the noise. [...] [...]  I decided to revist M16, the Eagle Nebula, in constellation Serpens last evening.  We haven’t had any clear sky here in the Denver area for some time now, so it was nice to do some imaging for a change.  Image was taken with Canon 300D Rebel with 2 minute exposure.  That was not near long enough exposure for this object, it just barely shows up in the raw images.  I’ll need to use 3 or maybe even 4 minute exposure next time. My previous effort with the Stellacam2 was better. The image was created from a stack of 10 images, I’ll need to increase that to maybe 20 next time to reduce the noise. [...]

]]> http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/06/27/messier-16-ngc-6611-the-eagle-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Andrew Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:05:37 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/06/27/messier-16-ngc-6611-the-eagle-nebula/#comment-276 I agree with Rob,you are getting some great shots!. I agree with Rob,you are getting some great shots!.

]]> http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/06/27/messier-16-ngc-6611-the-eagle-nebula/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Rob Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:02:54 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/06/27/messier-16-ngc-6611-the-eagle-nebula/#comment-275 Wow... nice. You're totally rockin' it lately. Wow… nice. You’re totally rockin’ it lately.

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