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NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula and the Southern Cross (widefield), Eshan Toorabally
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NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula and the Southern Cross (widefield)

NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula and the Southern Cross (widefield), Eshan Toorabally
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NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula and the Southern Cross (widefield)

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On a recent trip to Mauritius, I managed to get a night of imaging in despite the clouds! As someone who lives in the Northern hemisphere, the Carina nebula has always been a target I've coveted, but during my holiday, I also loved Crux as prominent constellation in the Southern sky. So when I ran into polar alignment issues with my Skyguider Pro, I decided to play it safe and go for a wider field, capturing both those targets rather than focusing purely on Carina as was my original goal.

This was shot from a rooftop in Bonne Terre, Vacoas, Mauritius and my basic polar alignment meant significant field rotation, but I still got some usable data. Cropped, processed and finally upsampled.

Data was shot at f/2.8 with a 50mm lens, unguided on an unmodified Sony a6500.

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NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula and the Southern Cross (widefield), Eshan Toorabally