Eta Carina Wide Field

[jjjnettie]

I'm on a roll tonight.
15x5min @iso400
Canon 20d
Canon 50mm lens @ f4
Stacked in DSS
Processed in CS3

A higher resolution version here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_jjj_unprocessed_data/4297240915/

[AlexN]

Niiiice!! :)

Love the way the dense arm of the milky way slowly fades away towards the top right..

Everything looks the goods in there JJJ... You'd have to be stoked with that...

Only thing I would change would be to rotate it 90° clockwise... Purely personal taste..

Great work mate..

[Omaroo]

Excellent image there Nettie - looks great :) I like the composition and detail is fantastic.

I feel guilty that I have no desire to go outside and do the same at the moment.... :( I still enjoy watching others doing it though! :thumbsup:

[spacezebra]

I always enjoy your work JJJ. Well done.

Cheers Petra d.

[multiweb]

Very nice widefield. Great colors and details :thumbsup: It's really a very very busy part of the sky. That pic puts everything back into perspective which is often missed in close up shots.

[plmilligan1968]

Cracking image Jeanette, lovely framing and subtly processed.
Nice, nice, nice!!

Paul M..

[telecasterguru]

JJJ,

Very nice widefield and there is a lot going on in there.

Frank

[strongmanmike]

Ya havin fun with that setup huh Nettie? :thumbsup:

Mike

[jjjnettie]

Sure am. It's blissful when everything works right

[strongmanmike]

Oh yeeeh, hearing ya girl, my last two nights imaging the Fornax Cluster were bliss, I took 32 X 10min light frames all up and only two needed to be discarded, one due to slight tracking/flexure error I think (probably could have still used it) and one due to cloud passing in front of a blue frame, now that's what a'm talkin-bout girlfriend :thumbsup:

I remember doing 50mm lens piggybacked on a Celestron5 maaaany years ago...ahhh it was blisss too :)

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/66993981/original

I'm enjoying your images JJJ

Mike

[gbeal]

Stunning CC, looks good. I too am having a renaissance of wide-field stuff.
Gary

[CoolhandJo]

Looks nice to me too! Crisp, clear, nice colours and contrast!

[TheDecepticon]

There's a lot going on there, thats for sure. Nice shot, JJJ!:thumbsup:

[scopemankit]

Jjjesus - there's a lot up there!

[RobF]

Nice going Jeanette! Thanks for showing us what a "nifty fifty" can do...:thumbsup:

[trent_julie]

Nice work, the dark neb really stands out

[Buddman]

Very nice. You are starting to make me think of doing some widefields. You seem to have got the tracking working nicely.

Adam

[spearo]

packed with stars
cool
frank