NGC 3372 (Car), Eta Carinae-Complex

NGC 3372 (Car), Eta Carinae-Complex

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Date/Site: 30. and 31. January 2014, Astrofarm of the Hacienda los Andes, Chile
Exposure/
Filter
49 x 180 seconds
ISO 1600
Camera: Canon 6D, unmodified
Optics/
Instrument:
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 II at f/4
Piggyback on the AP175EDF, held by Manfrotto gearhead 410.
focusing by hand and Live View,
calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8

The DSLR is not astro-modified but nevertheless not entirely blind in the red part of the spectrum.
This part of the milkyway is one of the most dramatic areas in the sky.

Mosaic of the Carina-region

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Date/Site: 1. and 2. Februaryy 2014, Astrofarm of the Hacienda los Andes, Chile
Exposure/
Filter
137 x 180 seconds
ISO 1600
Camera: Canon 6D, unmodified
Optics/
Instrument:
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 II at f/4
Piggyback on the AP175EDF, held by Manfrotto gearhead 410.
focusing by hand and Live View,
calibration and processing: PixInsight 1.8
Pano with Microsoft ICE.

Three sessions with the 200mm-lens during the exposures for Eta Carinae, NGC 3576 and NGC 3586 were combined with Microsoft ICE.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  09.12.2024