Re: [APML] Eta Carinae

[lkt <tan@cox.net>]

Chris,

	Yes, Eta Carinae is significantly larger than M42. I was surprised when
I saw it on the 6x9 neg. There is almost no space for mis-framing the
object. For M42, you can be quite misaligned and you will still be able
to crop a useable image. For Eta Carinae, you had better be aligned
exactly since in almost fills the entire frame using a 6" f/7 scope. It
is huge.

Loke

Chris & Jennifer Cook wrote:
> 
> Sweet!
> Everyone says this nebula is much larger than M42, is there a way to do a
> overlay of M42 at the same image scale just to do a direct comparison?  I'd
> really like to see it.
> 
> Chris
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lkt <tan@cox.net>
> To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Date: Sunday, April 21, 2002 2:33 PM
> Subject: [APML] Eta Carinae
> 
> >
> >Here is a shot of Eta Carinae taken this past February from Chile. I
> >used an AP155 EDF refractor and PPF 400 film. Transparency was
> >exceptional that evening. The weather overall was extremely good with 9
> >straight clear nights and maybe just half a night of clouds.
> >
> >http://www.starryscapes.com/nebula/eta_carinae.html
> >
> >Loke
> >
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