Help?!

[Benno (Ben)]

Hey guys,
I was just wondering if you could help me out with what i have taken a photo of whether it is a cluster and neb or just reflection from the camera itself
was taken in the Crux region with a Canon 400D 4x30sec exposures at ISO800 full zoom using my 300mm lens.
thanks heaps dudes and dudettes

[Ingo]

Looks like maybe the north american neb? I don't really know & i'm not sure. It's definitely a nebula with a cluster on top I believe.

[iceman (Mike)]

That's Eta Carina nebula complex!

With a nice star cluster at the top.

Well done!

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by iceman

.....With a nice star cluster at the top...

.........which is the marvellous Wishing Well cluster, NGC 3532. I was looking at it for some time on Saturday night.

"NGC 3532 is a large open cluster, which is easy to find without optical aid because its visual magnitude is 3. Another name occasionally used is "the Wishing Well Cluster" (because the twinkling stars resemble silver coins shimmering at the bottom of a wishing well). The cluster is apparently almost 1° across and is just 1300 light years away. Location is 11h 06.4m right ascension, and -58° 40m declination."

[Garyh]

Hi Benno, on the bottom is the Eta Carina nebula and up the top is ngc3532 star cluster
cheers Gary

ah Eric and Mike have beaten me

[Benno (Ben)]

awesome!! finally getting used to this astrophotography thing hahaha now i just need a scope
cheers

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Definetely eta carinae, nice start