Lambda Centaurus to Carina - Widefield Mosaic (Rodney Watters)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Carina (Car) · Contains: Carina Nebula · IC 2599 · IC 2602 · IC 2872 · NGC 3372 · NGC 3532 · NGC 3579 · Part of the constellation Carina (Car) · The star j Cen · The star p Car · The star q Car · The star r Car · The star s Car · The star u Car · The star w Car · The star x Car · The star θ Car · The star λ Cen · Wishing Well Cluster · eta Car Nebula · tet Car Cluster

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Lambda Centaurus to Carina - Widefield Mosaic

Revision title: Version C

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Lambda Centaurus to Carina - Widefield Mosaic

Revision title: Version C

Presenting a two panel mosaic of an area spanning from the Carina Nebula (NGC3372) to the Lambda Centaurus nebula (IC2944 aka "The Running Chicken Nebula". Image data captured with a ZWO ASI6200 full frame CMOS camera and a Canon EF200mm f2.8 prime lens with a resulting image scale of 4” / px. Just left of centre we find the "Statue of Liberty" nebula (NGC3586) and elsewhere we find many well known clusters include IC2602 (the Southern Pleiades) at the bottom of the field.

The two panel mosaic is a narrowband image with RGB stars fully processed in Pixinsight and using the Mosaic by Coordinates and Photometric mosaic scripts to blend the panels. The Foraxx script was used to blend the narrowband panels with specific attention paid to the signal levels with a view to getting an appropriate colour palette in the final mosaic masters. Colour pallets can be quite subjective for narrowband images so it will be interesting to see what others think of where we have landed here. Personally, I do like the way that the SII has combined with the Hydrogen to bring out the more gold and orange hues and how the OIII has been brought forward to show up as the more teal/green/blue colouring.

The complete two panel mosaic comes in at approximately 10,000 x 8,000 pixels and has been reduced by 60% for publishing here on Astrobin. A starless version has been included as Revision C for those that like the starless renditions.

Clear skies,
Rodney

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