I love imaging in Carina, but some of these beautiful nebulae need a name.
This region imaged, has NGC 3576,NGC 3579,NGC 3581,NGC 3582,NGC 3584,NGC 3586,NGC 3603 and that's just the NGC's!!
Perhaps an overall name.
Anyhow, this is my cropped image of the region. It's a tough bugger to process with so many stars in the field, it's easy to go too far reducing them.
I think I have the balance and colour right.
Equipment used.
8” F/4 astrograph , baader type coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D, Cooler box.
16 x 8 minute subs ISO 800 , flats and bias frames applied.
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop 7.
Probably the 1100D, will be a nice challenge to get something as good as yours though
Have you ever fiddled with the white balance shift bracketing thingo in the menus? I did the other day and moved the little box towards the red/magenta corner and found that it improved the images heaps, not only for nebulae (takes the horrible green and blue away) but stars look good too, 47 Tuc was an awesome golden colour
Probably the 1100D, will be a nice challenge to get something as good as yours though
Have you ever fiddled with the white balance shift bracketing thingo in the menus? I did the other day and moved the little box towards the red/magenta corner and found that it improved the images heaps, not only for nebulae (takes the horrible green and blue away) but stars look good too, 47 Tuc was an awesome golden colour
Cheers
Jo
Hi Jo!
Always left it to auto white balance, thanks for the tip, I'll try it out.
Quote:
Originally Posted by cometcatcher
Some people call it the "Statue of Liberty Nebula."
Hi Justin
Stephen Chadwick and Ian Cooper have this in "Imaging the southern sky" known as the Torch Bearer Nebula ( no hemisphere shenanigans..), a good NB target and a reasonable FOV if doing wide field, but specifically NGC3756 alongside NGC3603. I tried this last year with DSLR, rgb and a Ha filter but struggled with processing couldn't get the registration right.
Having said that, you do a fair few mosaics so this whole area including Running Chicken, is well up for grabs.
Hi Justin
Stephen Chadwick and Ian Cooper have this in "Imaging the southern sky" known as the Torch Bearer Nebula ( no hemisphere shenanigans..), a good NB target and a reasonable FOV if doing wide field, but specifically NGC3756 alongside NGC3603. I tried this last year with DSLR, rgb and a Ha filter but struggled with processing couldn't get the registration right.
Having said that, you do a fair few mosaics so this whole area including Running Chicken, is well up for grabs.
Nicely done.
Thanks David!
Thanks for the info too.
Quote:
Originally Posted by glenc
It looks like a bull's face with horns.
John Herschel gave six numbers to one object here.
Thanks Glen!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Ward
How about Shaq attack?
Hmm, still suspiciously northern, what about "Gazes Glory" after Andrew Gaze.
Quote:
Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr
Another nice image Justin! It reminds me of an astronaut in a space suit, or at least the top part looks like a space helmet
Thanks David!
Can't quite pick out the Astronaut, it's really one of those what ever it reminds you of nebulae.
really well done.
couldn't get the registration right. 
