Cropped from full frame image

Below and left of centre, you can see the complex shells of ejected material around Eta Carina
itself and the inner famous dumbell shapped Homunculus nebula with Eta at its centre but hidden
from view. ON the right is the famous Fickle Finger feature made famous by the Hubble Space
Telescope see: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/107605167/original
**Click on the image to see a closer view.

AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener
FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7
LHaRGB = 10 20 10 10 10min (bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-35C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats)
Focal Length 1300mm
Image scale 1.4"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

Comments:
Average seeing (low altitude)

Equipment setup:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/81003751/original

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:

http://www.flicamera.com/

Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller:

http://www.astro-electronic.de/

Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters:

http://www.astronomik.com/en/home

http://www.gerdneumann.net/

MSB Software & Astroart 4

http://www.msb-astroart.com/

STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software:

http://www.skylab.com.au/

AstroHandy Accessories

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/astrohandy_lightring

http://www.astrohandy.com