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August-2021

The mighty Eta Carina nebula

The Carina Nebula (also known as the Eta Carina Nebula, or NGC 3372) is a large bright nebula that surrounds several open clusters of stars in the constellation of Carina..
Here is this widefield image - we can see the huge size of it.
The nebula lies at an estimated distance between 6,500 and 10,000 light years from Earth.
The nebula is one of the largest diffuse nebulae in our skies - It is four times larger and even brighter than the famous Orion Nebula.
The famous Keyhole nebula is seen just right of the center (very small).


Ha-RGB image
Ha for 60 minutes as luminance
RGB- each for 10 minutes

14" F2.2 RASA telescope.
QHY 600 mono Camera
Astelco NTM-500 direct drive mount

Imaged from Tivoli farm Namibia

QHY 600 Pro

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