M16 / Pillars of Creation

[rbrecher]

Several years ago I got some broadband data on the Eagle Nebula in a relatively wide field. Recently, my friend Peter Proulx sent me his Ha, O3 and S2 masters to try combining with my broadband data. This is my first effort at using any narrowband data other than Ha in an image. It was a very challenging and fun project. I really liked the shades of blue towards the centre right of the image, which I can't say I ever noticed in other images (which is not to say it wasn't there!).

 

http://astrodoc.ca/m16-pillars/

 

Clear skies,
Ron