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Eta Carina Nebula, NGC 3372, in Ha - the awesomely detailed nebula around h Carinae (distance ~7500ly), one of our Southern Sky gems. Here it is imaged in Ha light from light-polluted skies of my apartment balcony close to the Melbourne CBD.
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| Camera: | SBIG STL11000M, Astrodon filters | Scope: | Takahashi FS128 telescope @ f5.8, fl ~740mm (fov ~2.8°x2.0°) |
| Mount: | Intes-Micro Alter D6 | Guiding: | internal |
| Filters/Exposures: | Ha = 7x10 ≡ 1h10m | Location: | Elwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Date: | April 2009 | Processing: | CCDStack, MIRA AL8 and Photoshop CS4 |