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24-MAR-2012 Marcus Davies

Eta Carinae Nebula (NGC 3372)

"The Wake of Argo"
Short Listed in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition 2013 (Greenwich Observatory)


The Eta Carinae Nebula lies 7500 light years away in the constellation Carina. At it's heart is the star Eta Carinae, a supermassive star of over 100 solar masses. The nebula itself is over 7 times larger than the Great Orion Nebula (M42) and is approximately 250 light years across.

This is 7.3 hour LHaRGB image (30, 210, 60, 80, 60 minutes). All subs were unbinned. Ha, (L, R, G) and B subs were 30, 5 and 10 mins respectively.

FOV is 2.35 x 1.56 deg @ 2.21 arcsec/pixel.

Takahashi TOA-150 refractor @ F5.6 (FL=840mm) on a Paramount ME, SBIG STL 11000M camera and Takahashi 645 Super Reducer. full exif


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