NGC3372 Eta Carinae Nebula (multisession)

[kiwiapple]

I'm trying to clear out old junk from my astro drive, removing all the subs that are out of focus, contain nothing but clouds, etc. In the course of doing that, I discovered that I had several sessions of the Eta Carinae Nebula that were pretty much all centred on the same segment of the nebula, so I thought I'd try to combine them into one mega-image. This represents subs shot over four separate nights between April 2022 and May 2023, for a total of 19 hours.

 

[JimFox]

Okay... I am jealous!!! You just found some images of Eta Carinae? That's a nebula area that I think is the envy of any astrophotographer!

Very nice work on this too James. I can't put my finger on this, but this really looks different then other Eta Carinae I have seen, it looks really special!

 

[kiwiapple]

This old thing? Oh, I hardly even bother to photograph it, since it's always there and it's just so boring... ;-) Between this and the Tarantula Nebula, we in the south really are spoiled, huh!?

 

[Comet Hunter]

Outstanding, nicely done

 

[Dan Moorehead]

Stunning

 

[JimFox]

This old thing? Oh, I hardly even bother to photograph it, since it's always there and it's just so boring... ;-) Between this and the Tarantula Nebula, we in the south really are spoiled, huh!?

Ha ha.... so funny!

 

[JimFox]

One thing I hadn't really noticed before is it's almost like it has spokes in the image radiating out from the center. That's really very pleasing!

 

[kiwiapple]

One thing I hadn't really noticed before is it's almost like it has spokes in the image radiating out from the center. That's really very pleasing!

Yes, I've always liked that sort of spokey thing, in a way it's similar to the Trifid Nebula that way.