Eta Carina Mosaic

[Rex]

G'day everyone, I haven't been around for what seems like forever, and to be honest I haven't had time to do much imaging either. Anyway I did manage to punch out this 6 panel mosaic of Eta Carina over the last month or so. Thanks for taking a look. As always, critique and advice is always welcome.

Image Details:
Camera - Astro-modded Canon 1100D
Mount - HEQ5 Pro EQMOD
Guiding - PHD2, Prostar LPGuideM camera, Modified 50mm Finderscope
Integration - 62 x 120sec Subs @ ISO 800 or 2hrs per panel. Total 12.5hrs
CApture Software: SGPro
Processing Software: PixInsight

Medium version: Here (http://www.pbase.com/rexhensler/image/163185326/medium)
Large Version: Here (http://www.pbase.com/rexhensler/image/163185326/large)
Very Large Version: Here (http://www.pbase.com/rexhensler/image/163185326/original)

[Andy01]

Looks really nice Rex, clean & crisp and well composed, well done :)

[Atmos]

Very nice Rex, quite a large mosaic that has been well executed.

[Ryderscope]

That's a great image Rex. You've managed to contain the star field and lots on nice detail.

[rustigsmed]

great work Rex, that came out really nice.

Russ

[RickS]

Good on you, Rex! You must have had fun stitching it all together. A very nice result.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Rex]

Thanks Colin.



Thanks heaps Andy, much appreciated.



Thanks Rodney, stars overpowering my images has been an ongoing problem. I think I have finally found a way to process them that works for me. I guess we will find out when I use it to process the stars on my next image. Here's hoping.



Thanks Russell



Thanks Rick. I actually did really enjoy this one. Instead of just processing the way I usually do, I experimented with lots of different processes and different settings as I went. I actually felt like I learnt a lot, and that's always a bonus.

[Shiraz]

gosh that is impressive. The bright bits may be a bit burnt out, but I guess that is the price for bringing out all of the dim stuff. This is a really enjoyable image to look around in.

[strongmanmike]

Great Mozaic Rex, the big version is fun to swim around and the mozaic looks seamless but opening the Very large version and then shrinking it in your browser to about 50% it looks excellent :thumbsup:

Mike

[traveller]

Good to see you under the stars Rex, and a great image to boot!
Bo

[Rex]

Thank you Ray. I'll revisit and try to address the burnt out bits. It's funny, now that it's been pointed out it's very obvious, not sure why I didn't notice it before. A fresh set of eyes does wonders. Thanks for the help.




Thanks Mike. I'm still working out how to set up the images in pbase. medium and large are still pretty small.



Thanks Bo, it feels good to get some time out. Hopefully there will be plenty more coming.

[Paul Haese]

A very seamless mosaic Rex. Colour is good too.

[multiweb]

Great fov Rex. One for the pool room. :thumbsup:

[DavidU]

Awesome job.

[DJScotty]

That's really nice to look at Rex.
Has been a while
Che r s
Scott

[Rex]

Thanks Paul. I was actually expecting to receive some comments about it being a little too red, so I'm glad you like the colour. It is colour calibrated and the histograms came out fairly balanced so I was happy with it too.



Thanks Marc. I actually am going to hang this one up.



Thanks Dave.



Thanks Scott. It has been too long mate, but unfortunately life isn't all fun and games and sometimes we don't get to do what we want.

[Bart]

Top stuff, great effort, mosaics are hard work.

[Rex]

Thanks Bart, they are but I prefer images where the entire object is shown rather than just a portion of it, and I kinda like doing them.

[codemonkey]

Great job Rex! Good to see you back.

[Placidus]

Superb! Seamless mosaic. Monster project. Very enjoyable viewing.

Found a face, in left profile. A cross between Charles Darwin, George Bernard Shaw, and the Bellman from the Hunting of the Snark. See attached.

Cheers,
Mike

[Rex]

Thanks Lee, good to be back mate.



Thanks Mike, much appreciated. That face is really cool, it will make a good party game when it's hanging on the wall. Find the face. Lol