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[TheDecepticon]

It is a shame that all these Eta Carinae images keep popping up. I am almost ashamed to post one, there are so many.:eyepop:
I have been working on this one for a while, it is about 4.4 hrs worth.
17x450sec Lum, 9x300sec each RGB. QHY9, Megrez 110, EQ6 Pro, MaxIm guide, capture, calibrate & align. DSS for stacking and PS CS3 for final processing. Some cropping at the edges for frame misalignment.
I think the focus is a bit soft and the stars are ugly, so it will probably get a repo at some stage.
Thanks for looking.
Have a great day.:thumbsup:

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[troypiggo]

That's fantastic, mate. Heaps of detail there.

[CoolhandJo]

Nothing wrong with that! Nice framing and colours. :)
I find this nebula to be very fine and almost perfect tracking required to give it that sharp look - so maybe its not your focus. You will ba bale to tell by examing your individual subs.

[Hagar]

Very nice Graham, The field of view is very similar to my FSQ. Nothing wrong with imaging ETA, it's always a good one to work out a new camera and settings with.

Nice one.

[jjjnettie]

:lol: Ashamed to share it! You're funny.
I love to see how others interpret their data and from that, try to improve my own capture and processing techniques.
Besides, I can never get enough of this nebula. There's so much going on there.

[multiweb]

Cool shot Grey. I like the colours you got on the overall field. :thumbsup:

[TheDecepticon]

Hi Marc. It can be hard to keep the colour and not bland it out.:thanx:



Glad you got a laugh, JJJ!:) I've seen some of your work, not too bad either, I'd say!;)



Hi Doug! I like the field with the 110, which is why I am not happy with the flattener giving 0.8, as it reduces the field too much. Still think the gain might need to go up a couple of notches.:question:



Thanks Dr Paul! Tracking/guiding did look pretty good on the night. The seeing was pretty poor, really, so that wont help either.:shrug:



Hi Troy, thanks for that! :D Love looking at all the little bumps and swirls and globules.

[TrevorW]

Hey Graham as long as we keep imaging it someone may be lucky and get the nova when it occurs

[TheDecepticon]

Hi Trev. I only hope it is me!!:P;):lol: