Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  Carina Nebula  ·  NGC 3372  ·  eta Car Nebula
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Flames of Carina, Andy 01
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Flames of Carina

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Flames of Carina

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Resembling a Burning tree in a raging Australian bushfire, the hydrogen "flames" of Carina appear to burn brightly in the Southern portion of the Great Carina Nebula. Located 10.000 ly distant and nearly four times the size of the Orion Nebula, this is one of the largest HII regions of the Milky Way.

First use of the TOA/FS reducer - I like the 1 stop speed advantage, but pixel peepers will notice a little residual tilt top right.

Taken from my light polluted suburban backyard in Melbourne, Australia.

12 hrs Ha/O3/S2 & an hour's RGB for the stars.

My son thinks it resembles a maple leaf, what can you see?

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