Eta Carinae RedCat51 First Light (GL Walpole)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Carina (Car) · Contains: Carina Nebula · IC 2599 · NGC 3293 · NGC 3324 · NGC 3372 · NGC 3496 · Part of the constellation Carina (Car) · The star r Car · The star s Car · The star t1 Car · The star u Car · The star w Car · eta Car Nebula

Eta Carinae RedCat51 First Light, GL Walpole

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Eta Carinae RedCat51 First Light

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I have added 4 hours of sub exposures shot in February 2023 to my original image. This time using a Canon 6D and Kowa Prominar 500/5.6 (with reducer to 350/4)

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First Light from a RedCat51, using a full spectrum modified Pentax K-70 on a Skywatcher AZGTI.

This is 3 hours of total exposures. 30 minutes the first night, then 5 weeks of clouds before another clear night (current La Nina life!!) resulted in a further 2.5 hours of imaging.

Shot from my Bortle 5 backyard.

This is one of my favourite areas of the sky to shoot, but no matter the focal length, I find it very difficult to process every time. I made two attempts at processing this image separately, and decided I didn't like either too much! So I just blended them together to get the image you see here.

The Redcat51 was very impressive, and I look forward to using it more from my backyard if the weather allows it.

I noticed a small amount of tilt in my images, but I think this is most likely from the cheap (literally the cheapest one of AliExpress) M48 to K-mount adapter I am using, which has noticeable play. I think I'll invest in a better adapter before I bother trying to adjust/optimise the in-built tilt adapter on the RedCat51.

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Description: Revision adding addition sub-exposures in 2023 with a Canon 6D and Kowa Prominar lens

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