Another brief one...

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Thanks to clouds but also a need not to engage with so much doom and gloom I threw what I collected on April 1st together to create this HDR HOO version of Eta Carina with the aim of seeing what I could get of the Homunculus. It’s not what I had hoped but there’s a bit of a shape I guess. OIII is very deficient at this point (the last images before the clouds). Comments welcome, especially on how I might better get more of the Homunculus. OIII seems to show it more perhaps?
Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/full/gmy9k3/D/?real=&mod=

ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro gain 200 -10°
Skywatcher 8” f4 Quattro
EQ6-R, guided using an OAG
Ha 5nm: 450x2s, 30x180s
OIII 3nm: 120x5s, 9x180s

[multiweb (Marc)]

Terrific shot Ben. Superb details and blend.:thumbsup :

[gregbradley]

I like the colours. You did get something of the homunculus ( a hard word to pronounce!).

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Superb ! A very fine Eta indeed.

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Thanks for the nice comments. Again feel a bit guilty for the short duration of this but it is what it is and I was pretty happy with the processing. Played with framing a bit and now have this, which aims to focus on the really cool stuff and keep it all in some kind of balance:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/gmy9k3/E/

I don't think I've ever said the word Homunculus out loud...

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

That is a spectacular image Ben & the size & quality of your upload is remarkable for only 179kb. What's your secret?
Cheers,
Tony

[Atmos (Colin)]

The Homunculus is on my short list to shoot and you’ve done well to show it and it’s surrounding material within the entire nebula

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Again thanks for the comments.

Originally Posted by Ant0nio

That is a spectacular image Ben & the size & quality of your upload is remarkable for only 179kb. What's your secret?

In regard to uploads to this forum I usually save it as a large jpeg (with high quality setting) out of “photos” on my Mac. It normally ends up being around 1MB but there must be a good compression algorithm as it accepts the image and turns it into 179kb....

[markas (Mark)]

I like this rendering of N3372. Great colour and detail


Mark

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

A beautiful rendition. One to remember.

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Many thanks Mark, Mike n Trish, that means a lot :-)