ETA Carina season over? - Ver2

[Martin Pugh]

Hello everyone,
I have been back and fixed up two of the comments you suggested:


The OIII in the Gabriela Mistral nebula is now like it actually shows in the OIII frame
The central part of the image is no longer blown out. In order to fix this, I had to completely redo the synthetic luminance, but it was extremely worthwhile, as it has revealed some great details.
I also extended the OIII much further into the image and added contrast the central features of the image.
So, RGB stars will come when this weather passes, and I did reintroduce the mottled green, but didnt like it.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/EtaCarina_NB_v2.jpg

The 'odd star' someone emailed me about is very intriguing. I looked at the raw (Ha) data and this star has a great halo around it. The halo is not present in either the OIII or SII. It is in the lower right of the image.

Well, enough blabber, hope you like this version better: I certainly do!
and thanks for the feedback - a better result has come of it.

cheers
Martin

[MrB]

Love it!

[Octane]

Even better than the last version.

Just awesome.

H

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks H.

Martin

[stevous67]

Yes, I agree with H - great repo Martin.

Steve

[CarlJoseph]

WOW. Amazing work there. Well done Martin. :eyepop:

Any background details on the pic? Subs? Hours?

[alpal]

What a great improvement.
You can really see the keyhole nebula now.
That is a top photo.

cheers
Alpal

[dugnsuz]

Martin - that is just 'special'

[dvj]

:eyepop:

[TheDecepticon]

Fantasamogorical Martin! Great shot!!:eyepop:

[Chris.B]

Wow . What an amazing image. Well done.
I can only dream of one day getting somewhere close to this.

[marc4darkskies]

The repro is better for sure Martin! Love the subtle pink hues visible near the center around the Keyhole. Beautiful!

ALMOST makes me want to do NB! ;)

Cheers, Marcus

[Poita]

That is a really dynamic image. Thanks so much for sharing it.

[marco]

Very very nice Martin, incidentaly I am working on a rendition of ETA somehow very similar to this with data I collect over the last year and half, I still have to find the sweet spot in blending Ha, OIII and RGB due to the extremely high dinamic of Eta Carinae. I hope to have something done within the next two weeks..

Clear skies
Marco

[astronobob]

That is a Phenominal Image, would look awesome on a wall ? ? Unreal ! !

[Martin Pugh]

Well thanks everyone.

Carl - this was taken on a Tak FS106N, SBIG STL11K, Astrodon 3nm Ha/OIII filters and 5nm SII.

3 hours each filter, 30 minute subs

Marco - looking forward to seeing your result.

cheers
Martin