Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M16 in Hydrogen-alpha Light Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: M16 (NGC6611)	The Eagle Nebula - Emission Nebula	Const.: Serpens
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 10x8m	Taken during a full moon
The Eagle Nebula in Serpens. This image is a stack of 10 eight minute exposures shot through a Hydrogen-alpha filter. The exposures were acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian equipped with a Paracorr. The image was acquired under a moon that was 1 day past full. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN. Wavelet Sharpening was applied to enhance the structure. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1392x1040.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: M16 (NGC6611)	The Eagle Nebula - Emission Nebula	Const.: Serpens
Camera: STL11000M	Scope: Tele Vue NP127is	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 8x8m	blank
The region surrounding M16, the Eagle Nebula in Serpens. This image is a stack of 8 eight minute exposures shot through a Hydrogen-alpha filter. The exposures were acquired using an STL11000M CCD camera on a Tele Vue NP127is 5" f/5.2 apochromatic refractor. The field of view is 3 x 2 degrees. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected, stacked and Sigmoid-scaled using AIP4WINV2. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 4008x2672.