Eta Carinae Nebula

The Great Nebula in Carina (NGC 3372) is a naked eye object in the Southern Hemisphere and is very popular with amateur astonomers. It is a star forming region of H II gas.

The bright central star, Eta Carina (just below centre) is regarded as a potential supernova candidate. It is a stellar system of two stars, shining at five million times that of the Sun. It is partially obscured by a massive bi-polar nebula called the Homunculous, which can be seen in the image.

Image taken from my home location.

OBJECT:
Constellation	Carina	Altitude:	59° above S
Magnitude:	+1.0	Apparent Size	120′
Diameter	349 light years	Distance	10,000 light years
IMAGE:
Exposure:	65 min	Gain:	233
Date	2019-02-24	Time:	approx 11.47 pm
Location:	Home	Sky:	Suburban pollution
Cloud:	Mostly clear.	Moon:	rose 10.55 pm, mag -10.7
Acquisition:	SharpCap live stack.	Processing:	DSS, GIMP
Cropping:	Yes
GEAR:
Telescope:	Skywatcher Esprit 120ED	Type:	APO triplet refractor
Focal:	840 mm F/7	Mount:	SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Camera:	ZWO ASI 071 MC Pro	Type:	CMOS 28.4mm 16 Mpx
Optical aids:	Flattener: yes; filter: no.	Guiding:	No
Polar aligning:	QHYCCD PoleMaster	Polar Error:	02’ 10”

Also relevant:

My Eta Carinae Nebula image taken a year ago with a DSLR.

Geek Log:

[ZWO ASI071MC Pro]
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Binning=1
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Flip=None
Frame Rate Limit=Maximum
Gain=233
Exposure=44.010596
Timestamp Frames=Off
White Bal (B)=50
White Bal (R)=53
Brightness=12
Temperature=2.1
Cooler Power=100
Target Temperature=-15
Cooler=On
Auto Exp Max Gain=300
Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000
Auto Exp Target Brightness=100
Mono Bin=Off
Anti Dew Heater=Off
Banding Threshold=35
Banding Suppression=0
Apply Flat=None
Subtract Dark=C:\Users\Roger\Desktop\SharpCap Captures\darks\ZWO ASI071MC Pro\RAW16@4944×3284\25.9s\gain_92\dark_20_frames_-12.3C_2019-02-09T10_58_25.png
#Black Point
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Display MidTone Point=0.5
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Display White Point=1
TimeStamp=2019-02-24T12:47:52.0546669Z
SharpCapVersion=3.2.5892.0
TotalExposure(s)=3919.22906599999
StackedFrames=98

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Images © Roger Powell

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