Eta Carinae and Homunculus with 5x powermate

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

I decided to image Eta Carinae and the Homunculus nebula with a 5x powermate to see what level of detail could be squeezed out.
I got some interesting results and a surprisingly detailed image which I compiled into a little presentation of this fascinating object.

Details are:
10” Newton / ToUCam Pro SC1
Televue 5x Powermate
Combined exposures: 1046 x 1/25s, 1811 x 0.75s, 200 x 2.75s all unfiltered and finally 111 x 1.0s with OIII filter.

There is a noticeable expansion compared with David Malin's AAT image. It would be great if anyone knows when that image was taken? I have searched high and low but can't find a date anywhere. The image in question is AAT 45: http://www.aao.gov.au/images/captions/aat045.html

Hope you enjoy

Regards,
Rolf

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Super duper

Mike

[Lester]

Very nice image Rolf, showing fine detail.

[AlexN]

Amazing effort mate!

Well done!

[spacezebra (Petra)]

WoW! Thankyou for posting this image - stunning to say the least.

Cheers Petra d.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

How Cool.
Great Target.
Cheers Kev.

[pgc hunter]

sweet shot of the Homunculus there!

[rogerg (Roger)]

Excellent stuff An image I have long wanted to see from an amateur. Last time I asked about images of this on IIS no one ended up coming forward who had imaged it.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Very very nice. Imformative and Great detail.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

very well done indeed

[Dennis]

Fantastic work Rolf along with an excellent presentation of your results.

Cheers

Dennis

[kinetic (Steve)]

Apologies Rolf,

I initially thought this resolution too incredible for a webcam
and 10" scope with Powermate, until I noticed the exposure times
on the extreme left of your image.
You have certainly beaten the seeing at that FL with some very
short exposures and lots of them...Eddie T style.

Congratulations and extremely well done!

Steve

[bert (Brett)]

Thats a really neat image, Thanks for sharing and thinking out of the box.

Brett

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow!... That's a very cool shot! I remember seeing this in a 21" dob but I never managed to image it.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Indeed that is very cool. Certainly unique and effective result.

[Garyh]

That is soo cool
Love the M42 as well!
cheers Gary

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Best image I have seen for a while. Great.

Frank

[Hagar (Doug)]

Brilliant Rolf simply brilliant. and with a web cam also.

Well done.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Super duper

Mike

Thanks Mike, glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by Lester

Very nice image Rolf, showing fine detail.

Cheers, yes there was certainly more detail there than what I expected myself too.

Originally Posted by AlexN

Amazing effort mate!

Well done!

Thank you Alex

Originally Posted by spacezebra

WoW! Thankyou for posting this image - stunning to say the least.

Cheers Petra d.

Thanks very much Petra.

Originally Posted by Kevnool

How Cool.
Great Target.
Cheers Kev.

Thanks, yes I love Eta Carinae - also visually in the eyepiece it's a feast

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

sweet shot of the Homunculus there!

Thank you

Originally Posted by rogerg

Excellent stuff An image I have long wanted to see from an amateur. Last time I asked about images of this on IIS no one ended up coming forward who had imaged it.

Cheers, thank you Roger. I did another shot of it back in 2006, but this one has higher resolution. It's interesting that we can actually see the expansion so clearly!

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Very very nice. Imformative and Great detail.

Thanks, I like to piece together these little 'posters'.

Originally Posted by seeker372011

very well done indeed

Thank you very much.

Originally Posted by Dennis

Fantastic work Rolf along with an excellent presentation of your results.

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks Dennis, I like doing these as they provide something a little out of the ordinary.

Originally Posted by kinetic

Apologies Rolf,

I initially thought this resolution too incredible for a webcam
and 10" scope with Powermate, until I noticed the exposure times
on the extreme left of your image.
You have certainly beaten the seeing at that FL with some very
short exposures and lots of them...Eddie T style.

Congratulations and extremely well done!

Steve

Thank you very much Steve. Yes the webcam really excels in this area - I'm always trying to image something which I know I won't just do 10x better once I buy a big CCD cam. So 'high resolution deep sky' might be my specialty right for the time being.

Originally Posted by bert

Thats a really neat image, Thanks for sharing and thinking out of the box.

Brett

Thank you Brett

Originally Posted by multiweb

Wow!... That's a very cool shot! I remember seeing this in a 21" dob but I never managed to image it.

Thanks Marc, I would love to see it in a 21", must show some good detail there...

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Indeed that is very cool. Certainly unique and effective result.

Thank you very much. I haven't seen other images at this resolution either. It is definitely a fascinating little nebula.

Originally Posted by Garyh

That is soo cool
Love the M42 as well!
cheers Gary

Thank you Gary, and thanks for liking the M42 as well. That one is actually with a Meade 2x barlow, but the Televue 5x powermate is way superior. Would be interesting to image Trapezium with the powermate...

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

Best image I have seen for a while. Great.

Frank

Cheers Frank, thank you

Originally Posted by Hagar

Brilliant Rolf simply brilliant. and with a web cam also.

Well done.

Thank you Doug

[Ric]

That's a very detailed image Rolf. I think you have done a wonderful job in capturing that one.

Cheers