Eta Carinae Nebula in Ha

[bluescope]

This is Eta Carinae in Ha from last night's session ... using the Baader 7nm Ha filter meant I only had one guide star to choose from when guiding at 2 second exposures ... some choice :rofl:... so this image has some banding.

10x360sec with SBIG ST2000XCM @ -20C with Baader 7nm Ha filter
WO FLT110 Triplet
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro
Self guided with CCDOPS
Stacked with DSS adjusted CS3

[multiweb]

Great focus, guiding and framing. 10/10. Outstanding data and dynamic range. I feel you can get so much more out of your data though as it is tops. Have you tried CCD Stack? There are so many aspects of the picture you can control prior to post process in PS. Have a go at it. There is soo much more in there. You'll be surprised. :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Very nice Steve, lots you can do with a Ha image like this. Some sharpening and a bit of a reduction in saturation will show so much detail you have to wonder why anyone images big red nebulas any other way.

[bluescope]

Thanks Marc ... I don't have CCD Stack ... maybe I should send you my data to play with ;)

I like your mosaic image of m16 & m17 ... you are doing great work lately.

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Cheers Doug ... I really like the details revealed that are otherwise hidden in colour images ... the only thing I don't like about Ha imaging is the long guiding exposures due to having a built in guide chip in my ST2000XCM ... having said that I have no intention of buying a different camera.

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