M16 .. Pillars of Creation.

=BF= · 14th July 2012, 1:13 AM

M16 is the eagle nebula and is a huge gas cloud about 6.5K light years away where new stars are born in those huge gas fingers.
This image is a shot of non visible light, capturing ionised light generated from the Sulphur, Hydrogen and Oxygen gasses in the cloud.
It's displayed in what's called the hubble pallet and that means you map light frequency to a colour. So S2:Ha:O3 equals R:G:B.

I forgot, shot from the backyard in Brisbane, about 15hours total exposure.

kingbob86 · 14th July 2012, 2:15 AM

That's pretty awesome, what kind of setup do you have to capture a shot like that?

Bashar · 14th July 2012, 2:34 AM

WOW that must be one of the most awesome shots I've seen here. WOW.

yods · 14th July 2012, 10:05 AM

wow

would also like to know details, although I just read

www.iceinspace.com.au/63-671-0-0-1-0.html

Kow · 14th July 2012, 10:10 AM

Too awesome.

dche5390 · 15th July 2012, 12:03 AM

Amazing!

Arch-Angel · 15th July 2012, 10:45 AM

Great work!
Love seeing different stuff like this here

sn1pr · 15th July 2012, 2:48 PM

Wow. That is amazing.

cyrax83 · 15th July 2012, 3:49 PM

absolutely amazing, what is your setup?

Tinian · 15th July 2012, 4:21 PM

That is awesome.

Still using the Takahashi FS-102 scope?

=BF= · 15th July 2012, 11:28 PM

It's a pretty photogenic bit of sky.

This was shot with an 8" RC scope. It sort of looks like this pic I found on line.
I'm using a mono camera and filter wheel, not a canon.

Souljah · 16th July 2012, 12:24 AM

Awesome!!

lothloriel · 16th July 2012, 1:28 AM

fascinating

^catalyst · 16th July 2012, 10:13 AM

Dude. Nice. Really nice.

Any chance of a version in a black border with a native american indian chief and some sort of proverb?

(i am joking, honestly)

TwinII · 16th July 2012, 10:23 AM

Nice work.

14th July 2012, 1:13 AM	#1
=BF= Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: BrisVegas Posts: 1,217	M16 .. Pillars of Creation. M16 is the eagle nebula and is a huge gas cloud about 6.5K light years away where new stars are born in those huge gas fingers. This image is a shot of non visible light, capturing ionised light generated from the Sulphur, Hydrogen and Oxygen gasses in the cloud. It's displayed in what's called the hubble pallet and that means you map light frequency to a colour. So S2:Ha:O3 equals R:G:B. I forgot, shot from the backyard in Brisbane, about 15hours total exposure. Last edited by =BF=; 14th July 2012 at 1:53 AM.

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=BF= Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: BrisVegas Posts: 1,217	It's a pretty photogenic bit of sky. This was shot with an 8" RC scope. It sort of looks like this pic I found on line. I'm using a mono camera and filter wheel, not a canon. Last edited by =BF=; 15th July 2012 at 11:38 PM.

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^catalyst Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: 10,030	Dude. Nice. Really nice. Any chance of a version in a black border with a native american indian chief and some sort of proverb? (i am joking, honestly)

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