ETA Carina Nebula (my first proper target from NZ)

[mbalkham]

Got my head around setting up on the other side of the planet (without a pole star!), found a (very) dark bit of sky and had a crack at a new target. Here's the result. CC welcomed as always.

 

[laudropb]

That is a lovely image. Always nice to see something new to me.

[baggywrinkle]

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You have a great image, lots of detail. I know from living in Perth WA that AP in the Southern Hemisphere is a hard one as getting a good alignment is not easy due to Sigma Octans being a very dim star and well away from the actual Pole position.

Are you outside of Wellington. I have family there (my son) and I know the city lights can be an issue. Best place I went was Kaikoura for a dark sky.

[xtreemchaos]

great image mate, lovely colour and detail.thanks  charl.

[mbalkham]

Thanks for the comments. Think I might have overdone the toning down of stars (new version below). I'm in central Wellington but driving to darker skies when I can. Rig fully mobile now thanks to a new windows 10 tablet.