Messier 16 - The Eagle Nebula/The Pillars of Creation, 4.75 hours in SHO (A Narrowband Test of the SCA260 Scope)

by Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)

Objects in field: Eagle Nebula, Star Queen, M 16, NGC 6611, IC 4703, LBN 67, LBN 68, Sh2-49

Equipment: Sharpstar SCA260, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 4h 45m

We recently had three clear nights, and on the third night, I decided to do a test of the new Sharpstar SCA260 V2 scopes with narrowband. I had done some LRGB work wit it so far, but nothing in Narrowband. So I chose Messier 16 - the Eagle Nebula/Pillars of Creation, and did 4.75 hours of SHO. The processing turned out to be a challenge. Since using the latest version of StarXterminator, I have…