Eta Carina on a good night

[tornado33]

Ive not been imagine for a while. After hours of storms in the morning it cleared to a fine afternoon and evening. So I took advantage of the clean skies.
Got out the 10 inch and did a long image run on Eta Carina neb.
9x10 mins ISO200. UV/IR filter, Baader MPCC coma corrector. Modded 350D. 10 inch f5.6 newt. Off axis hand guided as usual , multitasking, also watching the footy, go Bunnies!
Full size here http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/Scott/etacar9x10minsuvirmod350d10inchafte rstorms_filtered.jpg
The old Sutching mirror delivers :)
Cheers
Scott

[strongmanmike]

It's your hand guiding that delivers :eyepop:

Nice result Scotty :thumbsup: and welcome back

Mike

[h0ughy]

well you are not rusty after all that water and time Scott - very fine shot

[alpal]

That was good seeing.
Nice result.

[MrB]

Very nice!

[multiweb]

Superb color shot. Great details and tones. :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Amazing image for an old camera. How on Earth do you manually guide and watch the footy?

[pluto]

Wow, I recon that's one of the best Carina neb images I've seen, and considering the camera and the hand guiding!!!! well I'm in awe :eyepop:

[tornado33]

Many thanks all. I remember how once Mike said it was so exciting seeing the guiding go well as the scope aquires the data, I was sitting under the darkest sky Newcastle gets, with the guide star sitting nicely in the virtual recticle centre with me pressing fast or slow buttons to keep it there, with occasional touches of the dec slow motion control. Nothing more satisfying :)

[RickS]

That's hardcore imaging. Well done :thumbsup: