NGC 3372 Carina Nebula from Sydney

[Startrek (Martin)]

Captured NGC 3372 Carina Nebula last Tuesday night in Sydney as it’s such an enticing object in our southern skies both visually and photographically
Seeing conditions were good
6” f6 Bintel GSO newt
Canon 600D stock with Baader coma corrector ( no Filters used )
Home made DSLR cooling fan
Sensor electronics temperature running around 23 deg C
ISO 800
JMI moto focuser
Bortle 8 skies
Neighbours both sides external floods washing across my yard ( for no apparent reason ? No one was outside )
90 x 90 sec dithered guided subs
25 x darks
Manual meridian flip
PHD2 guiding ( 0.88 to 0.95 arc sec error )
Dithered each sub ( medium dither )
Navigation, Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
BYEOS for Framing , focus and capture
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.5

Thanks for looking , any comments welcome

[Mickoid (Michael)]

Great detail coming through there Martin, the seeing and transparency must have been good. Well done. I know how you feel about neighbours lights, it's bad enough battling Sydney's light pollution, so having someone leave an outside light on all night doesn't help you much. What's wrong with some people, don't they believe in reducing their electricity consumption to save money and the environment?

[Kev11 (Kevin)]

Like that a lot, Martin. Much better than the garish colours this nebula is often painted in.
Cheers

[mynameiscd (Andy)]

Fantastic image Martin,
Colour is spot on, sharp stars and fine detail.
You are doing a tremendous job cutting through Bortle 8 !!!!!
Cheers
Andy

[Nikolas (Nik)]

It's a great image, surely a slingshot would take care of the neighbour's light?

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Lovely Eta Martin, clean detail & soft colours.
As for the neighbors, it's a case of "lights on, nobody home".
I have a similar situation here.
Cheers,
Tony

[Startrek (Martin)]

Thanks Mick, Kevin, Andy , Nik and Tony
I’m pretty happy how this one turned out , plenty of subs , obviously good stacking , dithering and darks help a lot plus great processing software like Startools ( has so many different modules to use for gradient removal and noise reduction )
And yes I would appreciate if the neighbours were more considerate when it comes to their external lighting being left on until very late ( all my external lights ( 4 off ) are on motion sensors so I don’t annoy anyone )
Thanks again

[Zubenel (Wes)]

What the flip. I think I might give up on AP after seeing this!!

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Zubenel

What the flip. I think I might give up on AP after seeing this!!

Patience Grasshopper patience.
You will get there.
Cheers

[LostInSp_ce]

Pinpoint stars, razor sharp details, subtle blend of tones and a super clean image. Top notch stuff Martin. All that's left to do is to choose a frame and a spot on the wall for it.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Thanks LIS
Appreciate the flattering comments
By the way I already have a framed image of Carina Nebula at my weekender under Bortle 3 skies captured last year with my 8” f5 newt ( see attached)
Although this image was captured under much more difficult circumstances with Bortle 8 Sydney skies and neighbours outside lights washing across my yard I’m extremely pleased with the final processed result
Thanks again
Cheers