Eta carina and Antannae widefields

[tornado33]

Hi all
last night I used the 300mm f2.8 flourite lens from Bert. I also used the Drizzle function in Iris, to double the image size.

Eta Carina is 6x10 mins ISO400. LPS filter
Huge version here

Antannae area is 7x10 mins ISO200. UV/IR filter
Huge version here

Wind was up and stars twinking like mad so seeing not all the best. CCD inspector says FWHM was around 8 arc secs.

Scott

[AlexN]

Both look very nice indeed! Between the antannae galaxy and your shot of 5128 you're attacking some pretty small targets for given the 300mm F/L, I think this is actually very effective, as it gives that real feel for just how vast space is.

I can't wait till later in the year when I can point a 135 ~ 200mm lens at M31 and try the same sort of thing!

[tornado33]

Thanks.
I should try it with the Virgo cluster too
Scott

[alan meehan (Alan)]

well done scott,you were up late the sky didn,t clear till about `11 like the Antenna shot ...great
Alan

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Stunning Scott!

Cheers Petra d.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Massive fov on Eta. My favourite. The antenae shot's pretty cool too. Puts everything back into perspective. Nice pics.