Quick go at Eta Carinae nebula

[Forgey]

Had a quick go at Eta Carinae tonight

Eta Carinae Nebula
Testing the modded Canon 1100D
Saxon ED100
5x10 sec exposures @ iso-3200 plus darks
Stacked in DSS, processed in CS5.1

Thanks to hubby for modding the camera:)

Comments most welcome.

[MGTechDVP]

Wow, that's awesome.

[Forgey]

Thanks Mariusz,
It was only a quick go to test the camera so the image wasnt centered but it looks like the modded canon 1100D it going to do a good job.

[EricB]

Great pictures Paula. They are getting better and better!

Cheers,

Eric

[rcheshire]

Now we're talking. Mod has been a resounding success. Noise looks low too.

[Forgey]

Thanks Eric & Rowland.

[Nico13]

Hi Paula,
Nice work there, :thumbsup: an impressive piece of sky.
Question, are you guiding as I was wondering why the high ISO and short ish exposure times?

[Forgey]

Thanks Ken, no not guiding, was using the high iso just to test the newly modded camera and atm can only get about 10-20sec exposure without star trails.

[astronobob]

Thats a great result Paula, I like the 1st better as it shows more of the fainter nebulosity ? I also find it creditable with how much neb you have gathered, well done )

[jjjnettie]

:D You have the camera, next step is to get some guiding happening so you can start taking longer exposures.

[Forgey]

Thanks Bob & jjj.
Currently saving for an eq5 or eq6 as the mount ive got has no guiding features.

[Gem]

Really nice effort! Did a lot despite the shortish exposures! :)