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NGC3372 Eta Carinae, Mike Sharrott
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NGC3372 Eta Carinae

NGC3372 Eta Carinae, Mike Sharrott
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NGC3372 Eta Carinae

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Description

NGC 3372 - Eta Carinae Nebula

Description:
- The Eta Carinae nebula is 10,000 light years away but still in the Milky Way. Quite close relatively being in the adjacent spiral arm to our solar system.
- The full nebula is nearly 350 light years across.
- The image is taken using narrowband filters and is artificially coloured.
- This was a quick capture to test a new telescope set-up.

Details:
- Captured on 18-Mar-22.
- Celestron Edge 11 (280mm aperture, focal length 2800mm, f/10), ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera (cooled to -10 DegC),
- EQ8Rh Pro mount, ASIair.
- 1x 300sec capture of each of S, H and O narrowband images, using Astrodon filters (4.5 hours).
- No calibration frames.
- Processed in PixInsight.
- Image size and resolution reduced for Facebook

Location:
- APT Building, Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.

Information from SkySafari.

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NGC3372 Eta Carinae, Mike Sharrott