carina Nebula

[jaspalchadha]

Happy new year !!

The #Carina #Nebula is a bright, large emission nebula surrounding the star #Eta Carinae, located in Carina constellation.

It is also sometimes called the Eta Carinae Nebula, the Grand Nebula, or the Great Nebula in Carina. The nebula’s designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 3372.

It is one of the largest diffuse nebulae known, one that contains several open star clusters.

Date: 30/01/2015

Locations: SONEAR #observatory (Bellatrix telescope), Oliveira, MG, #Brazil

Imaging telescopes or lenses: #Takahashi FSQ-106ED

Imaging cameras: #Atik 383L+ mono

Mounts: #Takahashi EM200 T#emma 2M EM200

Subs 35x 300s

Data provided by Professor Luiz Ducmal

Processed Image by Jaspal Chadha, #London

High Res https://flic.kr/p/CJsFNm

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[aeut]

That's honestly the best image i've seen so far on the forum.

[Goonrdolly]

Brilliant image

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[gorann]

A really fantastic image!

Although slightly frustrating for us in the Northern hemisphere to see what we are missing up here - need to get a travel telescope and a travel mount....

[laudropb]

Lovely image and a very good write up.

[Tom OD]

Nice, and I like how it fills the screen.

Tom.

[Ccolvin968]

It's gorgeous!

[jaspalchadha]

Thanks all.. It was beautiful clean data.

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