Going deep on Carina

[Paul Haese]

This is just a teaser on this project and probably worthy to remain an image on its own. John Gleason would certainly think so I am sure.

This image is comprised of 9 subs at 30 minutes per sub. I am thinking I might have to do some very short subs to reduce the glare of Eta Carina.

What I find interesting here is that I expected to blow out the subs by doing long subs, especially given how bright this nebula really is; but this did not happen.

I am planning on doing a full spread of data on this object in the coming month and a half and hope to improve on my previous images of the Great Carina Nebula.

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[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice. Very familiar field

[Bassnut (Fred)]

well, certainly deep and the sharpness/detail is very good, but your missing the 3d effect somehow. With such a common object its hard to be different. I dont know, maybe colour?, or like you say short subs on ETA and isolated processing to make it pop.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

well, certainly deep and the sharpness/detail is very good, but your missing the 3d effect somehow. With such a common object its hard to be different. I dont know, maybe colour?, or like you say short subs on ETA and isolated processing to make it pop.

Well pointed out Fred. The 3D effect should be present now. I had neglected to take a look at that before posting. It did look a bit flat.

Definitely doing colour, though it might take a few weeks. It would have to be really different to stand out I would say.

[alpal]

Great pic Paul - 3D or not.
That FSQ106ED really delivers the goods.
I can't wait to see the colour one day.

cheers
Allan

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

A VERY nice start Paul, I see a lot of subtlety in there

[atalas]

Very tight stars and great detail paul....looking forward to seeing It finished!

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Very nice image Paul, sharp and clean.

Would be interesting to compare it to shorter exposures, say 5 min subs to see if 30-minute subs really make noticable difference on this bright nebula.

I have been waiting for better skies to get back to photographing the Carina - collected some initial data last month but need much more to finish the project.

Clear skies Paul.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Looking pretty deep on my screen Paul ,

Cant wait to see it in 6 weeks.

[dvj (John)]

I've always found this object difficult to process. Stunning in binoculars from the outback.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Looks like a textbook Carina shot to me Paul. I have to admit I'm getting a bit over Eta Carinae shots but it will be interesting to see what eventually comes out of this one. Could be a classic.

Cheers

Steve