The Eta Carinae nebula from my back yard - it's both brighter and 4x larger than the Orion nebula but is hidden in our Southern skies Submitted by EkantTakePhotos t3_10u78vi on February 5, 2023 at 7:55 AM in space 18 comments 363
EkantTakePhotos OP t1_j7ar7v2 wrote on February 5, 2023 at 11:36 AM Reply to comment by caidicus in The Eta Carinae nebula from my back yard - it's both brighter and 4x larger than the Orion nebula but is hidden in our Southern skies by EkantTakePhotos I used an Optolong l-extreme filter on this - you'd never see the same colours with the naked eye, but the strong Ha signal gives it the red tinge. Permalink Parent 6 caidicus t1_j7p1t3v wrote on February 8, 2023 at 11:48 AM Thank you for explaining that to me. What does this, or rather, what would I look like with the naked eye, if someone were close enough to see it at this scale? Permalink Parent 1
caidicus t1_j7p1t3v wrote on February 8, 2023 at 11:48 AM Thank you for explaining that to me. What does this, or rather, what would I look like with the naked eye, if someone were close enough to see it at this scale? Permalink Parent 1
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