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Old 07-05-2011, 11:07 AM
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Have you gone over Eta Carina with your 9mm? You'll be amazed how much you'll see, particularly around the main wedge-shaped nebulosity that surrounds the Key Hole proper. There are two very young, tight and bright clusters that lie in this area, and both have created their own shockwave fronts out from themselves, like two bubbles that encase them. This is a very subtle feature. These shockwaves in turn have carved the shapes of some of the dark pillars within the nebula.



Mental.
I've done that with the 8mm and OIII in the 12", all those dark bays and caverns and the texture of the nebulosity. Major awesomeness.
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