Eta Carina Nebula and surrounding space. HaRGB

 

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Astro-Physics 305mm F3.8 Riccardi-Honders Astrograph.

Paramount PME

SBIG STX16803, self guide mode.

FW5-STX with Baader Planetarium 65mm, filters.

Mounting plates by Losmandy-Hollywod General Machining.

Capture with CCDops, Reduction MaxIm CCD, Touch-up Photoshop CS5.5

Focusing system: hairy eyeball and steady right hand.

Operating system Windows XP-Pro 64.

Processor by Intel.

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