383L +C M16 Eagle Nebula

[eleong2]

Location:  Backyard in Alhambra, CA  (Los Angeles area)
Semi urban area light pollution
Subs  40 x 40sec

Pleasantly surprised that the Pillars of Creation was visible especially with the amount of light pollution in my area.

My Setup:
Celestron CGEM/Edge 1100
Hyperstar III/ Atik 383+Color with a Hutech IDAS LPS-V4 Nebula Filter
Imaging Software:  Maxim DL 5
Autoguider:  Modified Meade 8x50mm finder and Meade DSI Pro camera using PHD Guiding
Robofocus/FocusMax  Autofocus

Processing Software:
AIP4Win2
Maxim DL
Photoshop CS4

[vince]

Hi,

Looking very good! My favourite object but too low from my obs (just) Nicely done on the light pollution front too!

Regards
Vince

[MikeM]

Nice image with some wonderful detail.