Eta Carinae (False Colour)

[Benny L]

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa314/thephotoguy131/Astro/Eta_nb.jpg

Just Finished my very first try at Narrow-Band imaging..

Total Exposure = 3 hours SII-Ha-OIII
SBIG STL-11000M + Tak TSA-102 + Field Flattener

[Garyh]

Looks good Benny!
just looks a little overexposed around the keyhole but its good to see it in a different light! :thumbsup:

[theodog]

Nice image Benny.

[Dennis]

Wow – that is one big and stunning view! Top stuff Benny, a ripper of an image.

Cheers

Dennis

[jase]

Nice work Benny. You've obtained a good balance of the SHO palette. May need to perform some further layering work to manage the dynamic range a little better. Lovely wisps of nebulosity present in the outer regions.

[Ric]

A lovely first go Benny, the wisps of nebula look wonderful.

Cheers

[beren]

:) Top image...nice to see work from a West Aussie also :thumbsup:

[hector]

Great Photo.
The wisps of nebula that some people have commented on is actually a Wolf-Rayet Bubble surrounding a WR star. In the image you can even see that the nebula had a different colour than the rest of the complex. It is associated with the Eta Carina nebula complex. It is one of the many overlooked objects in the sky because that are located NEXT to bright and interesting objects.
If this nebula was located in a different place in the sky it would be viewed as a WOW object. If you use a photo like this you can trace the nebula in a scope of about 6" or larger.
Andrew

[Benny L]

cheers for the positive comments guys :) I took some short exposure of the same area last night and i will be using them to fix the keyhole's overexposure problem.. will post up the new image sometime this arvo ;)