Eta Carina's Northern ridge by Kfir Simon

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Eta Carina's Northern ridge

Many know the Eta Carina nebula because of its famous Keyhole nebula near the center of the nebula.
This is the Northern ridge of the nebula - The Keyhole is about 2 frames to the upper right.

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.

Ha-O3-S2 Hubble color mapped.
RGB for the stars
Ha - 60 min
O3,S2 30 minutes each Bin 2x2
RGB 6 minutes per channel Bin 2x2

(Total of 2 hrs 18 minutes minutes )

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia July 2013.

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Date/Time	03-Dec-2013 20:14:46
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Sakib		07-Dec-2013 15:34
Actually nearly all the nebulosity in this image is related to the Wolf Rayet star WR 23, the large bubble in the left half is a windblown Wolf Rayet bubble associated with it. The other smaller nebula in the right half is the emission nebula RCW 52.

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