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Dusty
12th of February 2009 (Thu), 02:08
I'd like to present a recent image I took of the Eta Carinae Nebula - NGC 3372.

You can also view a full-res version here (be sure to scroll around) -->> http://www.astro-image.org/page/ds/etafullframe.htm

It's a total of 2.5 hours exposure (various sub exposures), ISO 400 using the Canon 20Da at prime focus on a TOA-130, EM400 autoguided using an ST80 and Orion Autoguider.

Hope you enjoy.

:)
troypiggo
12th of February 2009 (Thu), 02:16
Certainly blows away my bumbled attempt. Great work.

I'll definitely be going back to this one with plenty of fresh camera batteries! :evil:
ebann
12th of February 2009 (Thu), 06:33
I'm speechless!
Nighthound
12th of February 2009 (Thu), 08:55
Wondered where you've been Dusty, now I know. . . out shooting masterpieces.

Great to see your post this morning, spectacular image of one I never see from my dark site no matter how hard I look. :D
Adrena1in
12th of February 2009 (Thu), 09:20
A truly mind-blowing image. You, Nighthound and stargzr37 are really paving the way here.
ArcticShooter
12th of February 2009 (Thu), 12:39
Is there any chance that you just hack into the data stream of the Hubble?
Amazing, the best image so far in here :)
AMD72
12th of February 2009 (Thu), 18:44
Great shot RB!
Dusty
13th of February 2009 (Fri), 08:58
Certainly blows away my bumbled attempt. Great work.

I'll definitely be going back to this one with plenty of fresh camera batteries! :evil:
Thanks Troy.
I highly recommend a mains adapter for the camera instead of batteries when doing astro work.

I'm speechless!
Cheers, glad you liked it.

Wondered where you've been Dusty, now I know. . . out shooting masterpieces.

Great to see your post this morning, spectacular image of one I never see from my dark site no matter how hard I look. :D
G'day Steve, thanks mate, yeah haven't been posting much, the weather has been terrible here plus work and family commitments do not allow me as much time as I'd like for astro work.
Still, we take what we can get hah? :D

A truly mind-blowing image. You, Nighthound and stargzr37 are really paving the way here.
Thank you Adrena1in, I'm very happy with the result.
I think I can do with a few pointers from Nighthound (Steve) though, his work is insperational.

Is there any chance that you just hack into the data stream of the Hubble?
Amazing, the best image so far in here :)
Now you made me blush !
Cheers Helge

Great shot RB!
G'day Andrew, thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it champ ! :cool:
ptmccain
18th of February 2009 (Wed), 04:55
Wow
dpastern
18th of February 2009 (Wed), 07:18
Excellent shot Andrew - tonnes of nice detail in this image. I was about to ask about the breakdown of exposures, but then realised you shot the image using a 20da. Nice.

Dave
Celestron
18th of February 2009 (Wed), 09:44
Thats a fantastic shot of the Heart Dusty !
Dusty
19th of February 2009 (Thu), 09:36
Wow
Paul, thank you, glad you liked it.

Excellent shot Andrew - tonnes of nice detail in this image. I was about to ask about the breakdown of exposures, but then realised you shot the image using a 20da. Nice.

Dave
Cheers Dave, from memory I stacked 10 minutes subs, 5 min subs, 2 min and 1 min subs. Total of 2.5 hours.

Thats a fantastic shot of the Heart Dusty !

G'day Ron, thank you and yes indeed it does look like a Heart !
I hadn't looked at it like that before.

:D