First N.C.A.S Members to Take Tri-Color CCD Images

First N.C.A.S Member to Take Tri-Color CCD Images

Below is a full color image of the Eagle Nebula M16 in Sagattarius taken by Pete Currie
at Roger Appledorns' star party last Sat night (July 13, 2002). Pete uses a C-8 with a
SBIG-237 camera at prime focus f/1.95. Taking a Red, Blue, Green images of each object
then aligning & stacking them, for a full color image.

Each color (red, green, blue) is a stack of 2-1 minute exposures. HoME