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Old 21-07-2015, 03:28 PM
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Camelopardalis (Dunk)
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Late season Eta Carinae

Folks,

I've been experimenting with my new scope and wanted to post in here for feedback from you grown-ups

Just 17x 3 minute subs and lacking any darks on a cool night in SE QLD, with Eta Carinae a bit low and otherwise non-ideally placed in the sky, this started off as just a test as it's a bright object full of nuances, but it turned out that my images are quite bright and busy with nuances too! So far I haven't applied a star mask as I've always found that a challenge with this subject.

The first is the full FOV, the second is a 100% crop around the Keyhole. Looks like my camera has been holding out on me waiting to play with a decent scope

Anyhow, feedback / recommendations / suggestions for processing appreciated

Cheers,
Dunk

Edit: added version with gentler saturation
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