Hubble Palette Eta Carinae

[Stevec35]

I've been watching a few documentaries lately on the 25th anniversary of HST so I wanted to get a Hubble palette shot of Eta Carinae before it gets too low. In spite of the dreadful weather I managed 400 minutes of SII and also added a bit of RGB for the stars. Not sure where it sits with respect to the HaOIIIOIII but it's certainly more colorful.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/Eta_Carinae_STXL6303_RC14.htm

[rustigsmed]

very nice Steve, I like the colour variation.

[gregbradley]

That's a sensational image Steve. One of your finest I reckon. So super sharp and the stars are tiny and pinpoint.

Great colour and detail. A winner.

Greg.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Greg - glad you liked it



Thanks Russell. NB images certainly bring the colour variations out more.

[Rod771]

Yes! Razor sharp details with beautiful colours, very nice!

Well done, Steve! :thumbsup:

[Placidus]

Hi, Steve,

Good work with the SII. What it seems to be saying to me is that although the SII is brightest where there is the most stuff, e.g. near the keyhole (you can't have SII emission without sulphur), the place where it is brighter relative to H-alpha is way out in the suburbs, where the gas is extremely thin, and the SII forbidden transition (which struggles to occur in dense material because it is prevented by thermal collisions) can happen unimpeded. So new information compared with just H-alpha and OIII.

Best,
Mike

[DavidU]

Very nice indeed !

[Stevec35]

Thanks Dave



Thanks Mike. Yes the SII adds interesting depth that the previous image didn't have.

[RickS]

A nice looking Eta, Steve. Very crisp details with interesting colours.

[SkyViking]

Absolutely brilliant image Steve! I love the colours and the crisp details is the icing on the cake :thumbsup:
Can't really decide between the HaOIIIOIII and the HST palette, I love them both and they compliment each other well.

[Geoff45]

Nice take on this one Steve.
Geoff

[Stevec35]

Thanks Geoff



Thanks Rolf. I think the HaOIIIOIII is marginally sharper but the HST palette has nicer colour.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Rick

[multiweb]

This is getting better by the minute! Great colors. Certainly an improvement. :thumbsup:

[Stevec35]

Thanks Marc

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Wow how sharp is that!!

Great work Steve!:thumbsup:

Colours take a little getting used to.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Justin. The colours certainly are a bit electric I guess.

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Steve.

Amazing detail and sharpness!

Ross.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Ross. Happy how this one turned out.

[jase]

Very nice shots Steve. The hubble palette has a bit of a psychedelic colour scheme to it, kind of suits the target. Enjoyed them both.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Jase. I do tend to go a bit overboard with narrow band colour.

[Peter Ward]

Now you're just showing off :)

Yep...I like this one a lot :thumbsup:

[Stevec35]

Thanks Peter - appreciate the comment. It didn't turn out too badly when everything under the sun was going wrong including the weather.

[stevous67]

Lovely set of images with excellent resolution - well done.

Steve

[Stevec35]

Thanks Steve