eta carinae region in bad seeing

[ving]

the nebula region of eta carinae from my front yard. taken last night @ 500mm unguided.

[ving]

pretty tough crowd here :p

[peeb61]

Hi David,
making of a nice image! Was this taken with a camera on tripod?

Paul

[niko]

that's terrific for unguided!

what are the details of the set up you used...?

[ving]

12x 15 seconds
4x 20 seconds
nikon d90 with a sigma 150-500mm lens @ 500mm f6.3
on heq5 mount.

thanks for asking. I have since reprocessed this shot more to my liking. :D

[atalas]

It's called tough love! :lol:


Hey,It's a great start mate.... get your guiding going now so you can go deeper and there will be no stopping you. (stating the obvious)

[ving]

thanks Louie... I dont even have a telescope at the moment. Too many other financial bottomless pits to sink my hard earned into. :rolleyes:

[atalas]

Ha!yeah bills never stop coming mate.....email me I can set you up with a guide scope and cam to use on loan for a while....but make It quick cause I'm off to Canberra on Sunday and will be there for quite a while mate.

[ving]

No its alright louie. come tax time I'll be buying a guidescope (prolly a 80mm refractor) and i already have a camera i can use... its just a waiting game. :)

thanks heaps for the offer tho. much appreciated :D

[Ross G]

A very nice unguided shot David.

Looks good.

Ross.

[suma126]

great work ving. you can only get better from here. Orion 80mm short tube refactor are good as a guide scope and very cheap around $150

[ving]

whats the fl of an st80?

[suma126]

i think its 400-500fl

[ving]

thanks suma :)

[Zhou]

Thats a pretty sweet image David :thumbsup: