The
Eta Carina Nebula
NGC 3372
| Image | The Eta Carina Nebula |
| Catalog | 20080515 |
| Telescope |
William Optics 110mm f/4.7 Refractor telescope on observatory mounted Losmandy G-11 equatorial mount with Gemini 4. |
| Guiding | Autoguided with SBIG 402 on Orion ST-80 f/5 guidescope with CCDOps. |
| Camera |
Digital SLR Canon 450D Rebel Xsi modified by Hutech. |
| Exposures | 10 x 4-minute exposures @ ISO 400. |
| Total Exposure time | 40-minutes. |
| Filter/equipment |
Astronomik 2" CLS filter, Baader 2" I/R Cut Filter, WO 0.8x Field reducer/corrector Mk III. |
| Processing |
Darks, bias and flat-fielded with DeepSkyStacker, post processing in Photoshop. |
| Notes | First light image with the
Canon 450D First Quarter Moon high in the sky. |
(C) Copyright 2008 Paul Mayo.
paulm@skylab.com.au