A narrowband Eta Carinae

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

I felt I should justify purchasing a NII filter so this is a narrowband shot with Red=NII, Green=Ha and Blue=OIII. Did try other combinations but this seemed to look the best.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/n...STL6303_RC.htm

[Peter Ward]

I never tire of this area of the sky... particularly when captured as well as this

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's a really great picture Steve. A wealth of details to dig out. I had a play with the JPEG in Startools here.
What system was this captured with?

[el_draco (Rom)]

Beautiful!

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by el_draco

Beautiful!

Thanks Rom

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's a really great picture Steve. A wealth of details to dig out. I had a play with the JPEG in Startools here.
What system was this captured with?

Thanks Marc. 31.75cm RC and STL6303 camera. All in the image caption. Your version is possibly a little sharper but it's hard to say.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I never tire of this area of the sky... particularly when captured as well as this

Thanks Peter

[dvj (John)]

On Man! I think you need a bigger telescope!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Thanks Marc. 31.75cm RC and STL6303 camera. All in the image caption.

What mount are you using?

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

What mount are you using?

Losmandy HGM200. Not made any more. Somewhat beefier than the Titan.

Originally Posted by dvj

On Man! I think you need a bigger telescope!

Funny you should say that John. I'm in the process of buying Don Goldman's 14.5" RCOS.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

very nice colour mapping and detail. Lovely

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

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Funny you should say that John. I'm in the process of buying Don Goldman's 14.5" RCOS.

Niiice!.....

You and Marcus Davies will have to trade blows... or collaborate

Go Eta

Mike

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Niiice!.....

You and Marcus Davies will have to trade blows... or collaborate

Go Eta

Mike

Thanks Mike. I'm sure Marcus will make better use of his. Sometimes I think I should be headed for getting another mount too.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

very nice colour mapping and detail. Lovely

Thanks Paul

[dvj (John)]

Funny you should say that John. I'm in the process of buying Don Goldman's 14.5" RCOS.[/QUOTE]

Oh how funny. I've been giving that scope a lookover for months. I too need something bigger in Coonabarabran, but there are sooooooo many choices in big instruments these days.

j

[Ric]

Lovely work Steve

The larger version is excellent

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Ric

Lovely work Steve

The larger version is excellent

Thanks Ric

Originally Posted by dvj

Funny you should say that John. I'm in the process of buying Don Goldman's 14.5" RCOS.

Oh how funny. I've been giving that scope a lookover for months. I too need something bigger in Coonabarabran, but there are sooooooo many choices in big instruments these days.

j[/QUOTE]

Yeah I must admit I'm surprised someone else didn't snap it up as I thought it was a bargain even adding on the cost of getting it to Australia. Perhaps people were put off by the recent troubles RCOS have been having.