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RE: Eta Carinae - Our Local Superstar
Hey , awesome post man. The Carina Nebula is one of my favourites to try and get a good shot of (now that I'm in the Southern Hemisphere anyway :) ) I hadn't really researched that much into it , so this was definitely a good read. I especially found that part about the stellar winds and the dual stars quite interesting.
Cool man .. thanks for this post :)
Its very easy to see in a telescope, and makes a good photographic subject. If you have a telescope try to see the homunculus nebula, it is one of the few objects bright enough to show distinct color in the night sky.
Hey Terry , thanks for the reply. I haven't actually looked through a telescope with my eyes in a good long while now. I've been into astrophotography for a good few years now , although I haven't clocked up that many hours , so really I'm just starting.
I've only just got my mount up and running again , as my controller bit the dust a while back, and now I've set up an old computer to control it , my camera and hopefully get some guided images this time :)
Pretty much all of my previous shots were single shots(no stacking) and unguided , so some success , some not :) . But yeah , I have gotten a few good shots of the Carina Nebula so far , actually the first thing I did after reading your reply was go back to some of my shots and look for the homunculus nebula , and sure enough there it was , tiny , but there. I hadn't even realized that was there before you mentioned it ... so thanks for that :) And I'll have to check with my eyes when I get out there again.
Great to hear @betelzeus. Some of these objects have traditionally gone unnoticed as the majority of guides/books have been written with a northern hemisphere bias. The first time I was shown the Homunculus nebula through a telescope I had been into astronomy for about 10 years and had no idea it existed. It was one of those things that goes unnoticed unless your looking for it.