Eta Carinae

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Eta Carinae is coming into view again, time flies doesn't it. This is:

300x22, 240x30sec, acquired, pre processed, stacked & binned 50%, in Nebulosity IV using
SBIG 8300c & W/O FLT98 @F5. Processed in PS CS2, guiding with PHD.

The second image is a centre crop of the first in an attempt to to make the detail more visible, after resizing both 60% at only 60% quality to get them down to 200kb .
Saturation is generous as usual . Comments welcome as always & thanks for looking,
Tony

[Paulyman (Paul)]

Very nice Antonio, I really like the star colours.

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Thank you Paul,

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

v2, tweaked it a bit for better or worse.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Tony
Nice Eta Carina, well framed and plenty of colour and detail
I do like version 2 seems a bit sharper
Gee I can’t even start to image this object until late December ( currently it sits at 20 degrees Alt at 2.30am in the early hours
At my image scale and FOV I don’t bother with imaging until the object is at least 30 to 35 degrees Alt
Great to see Eta again one of the jewels of the Southern Hemisphere
Well done !!

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Thanks Martin, it's still a fairly low target up here as well. It was shot in 3 series between 3 & 4am as it passes through a gap between trees & my house.
A target of opportunity.
Cheers,
Tony

[MoTab (Mo)]

Stunning!

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Thank you Mo.