Eta Carinae..work in progress

Post by **rcj** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:06 pm

Hi all,

Here is an unfinished work-in-progress mosaic of Eta Carinae (again!...hehe).

This is a 7 panel mosaic totalling 8 hours of exposures in hydrogen alpha...more to come, less noise, more stacking!

UPDATE (29th March 2007):

Here is an inverted version together with a listing of objects in the region.

yanyewkay · Post by **yanyewkay** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:18 pm

jaw dropping beautiful....

cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:26 pm

Superb!! Way to go bro..!

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:20 am

Nice Remus. You captured that beautiful open cluster at the top right corner too...is that IC2602?

starfinder · Post by **starfinder** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:10 am

Superb!

it looks like it is in motion, like smoke from a fire.

excellent texture, contrast and detail!

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:45 am

Nice! You are really putting the camera to good use!

Post by **rcj** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:04 am

Hi Richard and rest,

Yes managed to capture the cluster. It is NGC3293 (sometimes known as the Gem Cluster), and is about 1000 LY nearer to us than Eta Carinae. Infact, the neighbouring regions have quite a few interesting targets to image. So many objects, so like clear sky time!

wucheeyiun · Post by **wucheeyiun** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:33 am

Great job Remus...it will be nice if you conduct another seminar for singastro on how you do it this time

boothee · Post by **boothee** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:45 am

Wow . . . . . Amazing . . . !

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:31 pm

Thanks Remus. I rechecked and spotted NGC3293 in my star atlas. I had looked at the image upside down!

ps have edited your image so that it can be displayed now..
cheers