M16 Eagle from 10,000 feet

I went to Wolf Creek Summit again last night, but the conditions were pretty bad. The clouds just kept coming and coming. But, I did manage to get one image. Here is M16, the Eagle Nebula. The image was processed to bring out the nebulosity in the surrounding area.

On the bright side, I got to take a few peeks through Steve Dodds 33-inch Dob.... WOW!! There are no other words to describe it.

Cheers,
Tyler

Image info
Takahashi CN-212 at F/3.9
Losmandy G-11/Gemini
SBIG ST2000XM with CFW8 and Astrodon filters
L:R:G:B 6x600s : 2x300s : 2x300s : 2x300s
MaxIm DL4 and Photoshop CS

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Tyler,
This Eagle looks pretty good at 10,000 feet - clouds or not. Congrats.

Hmm, 600 seconds at f/3.9. I don't know of you can turn the antiblooming on and off, but I guess it was definitely on for this image.

I decided to try a different framing and processing routine on this object. Here is my 2nd try.
Cheers,
Tyler

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That's a heavenly view from a heavenly location, Tyler! The combination of short f-ratios and ABG cameras is a killer!

Eric

Wonderful, wonderful shot.

Greg.