Eta Carinae region: Olympus 50mm lens & ASI294MC Pro

Dayboro, Queensland - 3 August 2019

Eta Carinae wide field, captured using a vintage Olympus 50mm lens & ASI294MC Pro colour camera

  • Lens: Vintage Olympus 50mm f1.8
  • Camera: ASI294MC Pro
  • Mount: Sky Watcher Star Adventurer
  • Alignment: PoleMaster
  • Guiding: none
  • Image: 61 * 60 sec subs
  • Gain: 300
  • Temp: -10 Deg C
  • Processing: AstroPixel Processor: lights, flats, darks and dark flats
  • Bortle Class 4 site
  • Location: Dayboro Queensland
  • Date: 3/8/2019

Eta Carinae, formerly known as Eta Argus, is a stellar system containing at least two stars with a combined luminosity greater than five million times that of the Sun, located around 7,500 light-years distant in the constellation Carina.Wikipedia

Eta Carinae wide field captured using an Olympus 50mm lens  & ASI294MC Pro camera
Eta Carinae wide field captured using an Olympus 50mm lens  & ASI294MC Pro camera