Eta Carina from Wiruna

[multiweb (Marc)]

Ok, after literally spamming the forums with all my pics this week this is the last one. Promise. I've got nothing left so you won't hear from me in a while

10x600s on Celestron 5" with QHY8 Gain:1 Offset:60 Baader UHC-s booster filter, MPCC guided with PHD/ED80 on G11 and captured in Nebulosity 2. Processed in CCD Stack , flat fielded and dark subtracted, mosaic and levels in CS3. I did a bit of star reduction as well as sharpening. Maybe a bit too much.

There's "small" full frame at: http://www.multiweb.com.au/astro/ngc3372_f.jpg [4.5MB]

and a huge mosaic at: http://www.multiweb.com.au/astro/ngc3372_pano.jpg [9.0MB]

Thanks for looking. Comments/tips most welcome.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Hi Marc. Nice image but I wonder if you got the focus quite right. The stars look a little soft and fluffy. You captured plenty of data and the overall detail is great. It just looks a bit soft.

[multiweb (Marc)]

You're right hey. Looking at it right now it's "fluffy". It looked alright late last night when I finished processing with my "sleepy eyes switched on". Anyway, that's it. I'm off to Andrew's tomorrow buying a focuser

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It's another beautiful region of the sky. So much detail to look for and examine. Thanks for posting.

[Astrod00d]

Great composition, guiding, exposure and colour, but I agree with Hagar, the focus seems a bit soft.
I remember you saying your 'Hellraiser' focuser was a bit hit-and-miss, at this stage I reckon a new focuser would be a good investment because atm your focuser is the weakest link in your imaging chain

Cheers,

Rob

[AlexN]

Smooooth...

Love it!
Alex.

[gregbradley]

Very nice.

What is a Celestron 5 inch?

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Very nice.

What is a Celestron 5 inch?

Greg.

Thanks Greg. This is my scope: http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?ProdID=31

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

It's another beautiful region of the sky. So much detail to look for and examine. Thanks for posting.

No worries Jeanette. Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by Astrod00d

Great composition, guiding, exposure and colour, but I agree with Hagar, the focus seems a bit soft.
I remember you saying your 'Hellraiser' focuser was a bit hit-and-miss, at this stage I reckon a new focuser would be a good investment because atm your focuser is the weakest link in your imaging chain

Cheers,

Rob

Tomorrow is shopping day at Andrews

Originally Posted by AlexN

Smooooth...

Love it!
Alex.

Thanks Alex. Bit too smooth

[AlexN]

What focuser are you going to put on it??

Despite the mild softness, its still a very nice, very detailed image...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

What focuser are you going to put on it??

Despite the mild softness, its still a very nice, very detailed image...

The only spot on shot was the M45 shot I posted earlier on.The focus on that shot was unreal but it was just luck. That proved the primary mirror can resolve that good. I'm thinking of getting a low profile 2" crayford and recollimate the whole system. I think they go for $130.00 or so.