Eta Carinae Nebula by Gerhard Bachmayer

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22-JUL-2006

Eta Carinae Nebula

Hakos/Namibia

Eta Carinae is one of the most massive stars in our Milky Way, embedded in a huge emission nebula. Because of its high mass it is very unstable and had several outbursts in the past. The star will end up as a supernova eventually.

Canon EOS 20D
Modified Canon 20D mounted on a TMB 80mm/F6 + Televue 0.8x reducer/flattener. Halpha ( Astronomik Ha, 13nm): 10x450sec/ISO800; RGB ( IDAS-LPS): 12x300sec/ISO800. Calibration and stacking, averaging, color balancing, sharpening in Images Plus and Photoshop CS2. hide exif

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