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Old 14-04-2008, 09:27 PM
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Eta Carina with widefield 4.3" APO refractor

Hello everyone,

Here's about my millionth image of Eta C, this time with the wide-field refractor.

You can see a better version of the image here http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/Eta_Carina_080401.html

Imaging details.
William Optics 110mm f/4.7 Refractor telescope on
observatory mounted Losmandy G-11 equatorial mount with Gemini 4.
Autoguided with SBIG 402 on Orion ST-80 f/5 guidescope with CCDOps.
Central DS Cooled Canon EOS 350D Digital SLR (Houghys).

Exposures 6 x 5-minute exposures @ ISO 400.
Total Exposure time 30-minutes.
Filter/equipment Astronomik 2" CLS filter,
WO 0.8x Field reducer/corrector Mk III.
Processing Darks, bias and flat-fielded with ImagesPlus,
post processing in Photoshop.
Focused with DSLR Focus.
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