Eta Carinae Nebula in Hubble Pallet Mark II (SII:Ha:OIII)

[Brad Moore]

Hi All,

Here is the Eta Carinae Nebula in mapped colour this time using the Hubble Pallet set which is:

SII = Red
Ha = Green
OIII = Blue

http://www.southern-astro.com.au/gallery.php?PhotoID=14

I hope you enjoy the pooh brown colours :)

Cheers,
Brad Moore

[Dennis]

Hi Brad

OMG – what an absolutely superb image - best pooh brown colours I have ever seen. The delicate, gossamer like detail is quite extraordinary, a testimony to superb optics, set up skills, guiding, capturing and expert processing.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

great mate really great! Still looks sweet even though its brown!

[ving]

looks like a sewerage outlet! :D
congrats on a great image! :)

[RB]

You amaze me Brad, stunning fabulous work mate.

[tornado33]

The change in colour around the Keyhole is great, as is the sharp edges ariound the dark globs "Thacakaray's Globues" or "Bok Globules"?
Scott

[iceman]

Lovely shot Brad, gives it a whole new look and feel.

[vespine]

That's an amazing shot, some of the stuff in here is really, well, amazing :lol: .. I particularly like how there is just the one star flaring out, is there any particular reason just that star has a pronounced flare like that? It doesn't look any brighter then the others or anything, is it something particular you've done to specifically achieve that or is that just the way it came out?

[Brad Moore]

Hi,

The star is know as Eta Carinae (http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/etacar.html) and contains the famous Homunculus Nebula (http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/etacarC.html).

With such long exposures Eta Carinae makes for a very big bright ugly star. So what I did was subtract it out and replace it with some very short exposures trying to capture the Homunculus. My job was okay but not the best.

Eddie Trimarchi did a much better job at capturing it his image (http://www.astroshed.com/st10pics/keyhole.html).

Hope this helps,
Brad Moore

[Brad Moore]

Hi Iceman,

Thanks! I'm glad you like it. It's great how you can take the raw data and mix it around so much! :)

Cheers,
Brad

[Starcrazzy]

stunning stuff mate..:eyepop:..truely awesome..great to see your eta carina on the apod site too Brad...You are our champion....keep them coming....once again...utterly fantastic, no words...no words to describe a picture like that..
cheers