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Old 16-07-2014, 04:50 PM
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Eta Carinae crop - less is better ?

In a photo, I suppose it's natural to try and "fit it all in", but I'm happy with this smaller section in the SW of the nebula.

Of course, it's so huge, there must be lots of regions to frame in more detail.

I noticed that M42 has a lot of named regions - Hershel recorded some wonderful names for about 10 areas:
M42 Regions

In fact, Hershel seems to have been prolific in nebula region naming at the time. He also gave the "Keyhole" name to the dark centre of Eta Carinae, but as far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be an overall naming for the rest of the regions within it - anyone know otherwise ?
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