Eta Carina 200mm

[bobbyf]

First serious image with a newly acquired 200mm Nikkor F4 manual lens.
Taken on a Nikon D7000 at The Springs Astrocamp (through ASSA) in the Southern Flinders Ranges.
Camera piggybacked on a scope on my NEQ6.
18 shots at 2 mins each, with the lens at F5.6 I think. ISO 2000.
No darks, flats or bias shots were subtracted either.

Really impressed with the lens.
Looking forward to doing more with this.

Better version
http://www.astrobin.com/190651/

Cheers

Bob

[cometcatcher]

Lovely wide field eta there Bob.

[astronobob]

Nicely done Bob - good star color, good fame & Eta well popping !!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Nice image Bob!:thumbsup:

Great colour through out, especially the stars.

Looks to be a good lens.

Cheers,

Justin.

[bobbyf]

:thanx: all for your kind comments.

Yes Justin, the lens is a keeper :thumbsup:
Cheers

[alocky]

Nice eta - and that lens is a cracker! Much less colour than the older 180mm I'm using. Nice to see such good results from Nikons...
Cheers,
Andrew.

[multiweb]

Really nice field and colors. Great lens indeed. :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Huge field of view there Bobby. Good colour too. Well done.