M16 Eagle Nebula in [SII], Halpha and [OIII]

 

Red = [SII], Green = Halpha, Blue = [OIII]

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Taken on July 8, 14 and 15, 2006 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California

Stinger 450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6)

Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1

Finger Lakes CM10 MaxCam imaging camera operated at -26C

Robofocus

Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel

SBIG ST7E guide camera

Custom Scientific 3nm FWHM Ha filter (50mm diameter)

Custom Scientific 3nm FWHM [OIII] filter (50mm diameter)

Custom Scientific 3nm FWHM [SII] filter (50mm diameter)

Four exposures of 30 minutes through Halpha

Six exposures of  30 minutes through [OIII]

Three exposures of 30 minutes through [SII]

Six and a half  hours total exposure time

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