Pillars of Creation and Eagle Nebula

Image Title: Pillars of Creation and Eagle Nebula

Copyright: Damian Grylewski

Date image was taken: August 31, 2026

Location: Bortle 9 (Lublin centre, Poland)

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Pillars of Creation – is it possible to capture them reasonably well at a focal length of around 370 mm? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself recently while spending hours imaging Ha, OIII, and SII bands using a color camera and SV220 filters. I separated and averaged the overlapping bands to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Thanks to collecting many hours of data and applying the 2x Drizzle technique, I managed to recover a solid amount of detail.

Evostar 72 ed + 0.85 flattener
AZ-GTi guided via Svbony SV165 + ZWO Asi 120 MM mini
ZWO ASI 585 MC Pro (T = -10 ℃)
SVbony SV220 Ha OIII Dual-Band 7nm Nebula Filter 1,25”
175 x 300s light frames (details) + calibration frames
SVbony SV220 SII OIII Dual-Band 7nm Nebula Filter 2”
167 x 300s light frames (details) + calibration frames
Baader UV / IR cut 1,25”
630 x 30s light frames (stars) + calibration frames
Bortle 9 (Lublin centre, Poland)
Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB/1 TB) (Kstars) + PHD2

Stacked in Pixinsight (drizzle x2). Edited in PixInsight with SetiAstro, RC Astro plugins, GraXpert and Affinity Photo 2.

Name: Damian Gorylewski

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