The Carina Nebula

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Hi all,

I finally properly aligned my scope last night and made markings on the floor for future sessions. I was able to take 4min exposures after aligning 2 stars with my HEQ5pro Syncscan and guiding with Orion Starshoot 50mm mini, despite the fine layer of cloud and almost full moon I took took a total of 16mins @ 800iso of The Carina Nebula with my ED80mm. Stacked in DSS and cropped.

Thanks for looking

Comments and feedback appreciated.

Carlos.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Going well, Carlos!

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's really good for a full moon shot.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That's really good for a full moon shot.

Very good indeed.
Focus is great and there's some lovely colour coming through.

[LewisM]

Try a Skyglow / Nebula filter. I did Eta Cariane the other night with 80% moon, and this was the result: http://imageshack.us/f/141/eca4001.png/

Great job BTW!

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Going well, Carlos!

Thank you very much Laurie

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That's really good for a full moon shot.

Thanks very much Kevin just shows that fun can still be had in surburban lit Sydney with an almost full moon. My expectations were low but I was pleasantly surprised.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Very good indeed.
Focus is great and there's some lovely colour coming through.

Thank you very much JJJ btw congrats again on all your recent successes!!

Originally Posted by LewisM

Try a Skyglow / Nebula filter. I did Eta Cariane the other night with 80% moon, and this was the result: http://imageshack.us/f/141/eca4001.png/

Great job BTW!

Thanks Lewis, I'll keep that in mind, lots of detail in your image very nice, can you suggest a filter for a canon DSLR? I'm about to spend some money of a field flatner too ...

Thanks

[stardust steve (Steve)]

Nice one Carlos. Love the detail in the core
4 min subs, good stuff.
I'm in the same boat re the flattener, i thought i could sail a bit longer before wanting one and now it seems the ship will sail a lot better with a flattener
If you get on to a good one, let me know

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Originally Posted by stardust steve

Nice one Carlos. Love the detail in the core
4 min subs, good stuff.
I'm in the same boat re the flattener, i thought i could sail a bit longer before wanting one and now it seems the ship will sail a lot better with a flattener
If you get on to a good one, let me know

Thanks Steve

I've been recommended the Orion Field Flattener $149 specifically for my ED80 so I will be going with that one. However at the same time I'm trying to save for a heavier mount to carry both my C11 and ED80 at once ... each day I have to resist the temptation to drive down to the store and pick up the Flattener but I think by this time next week I will have been overcome by the tempation and NEED to have IT

I will let you know how it goes

[bshaw77 (Bilal)]

that's a beauty ain't it ...