BAZ Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Here's an interesting video from NASA about this massive star. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rJQi6oaZf0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I've seen the nebula from Brazil but, at the time, did not have any deep sky imaging kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 How big is it Phil, is it a show stopper, or do you have to really look for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Very interesting video, thanks Martyn. Just Googled eta carina nebula and found the following interesting website. Seems it contains numerous clusters within or in front of the nebula. A very interesting region. The main nebula is about 6th mag and a massive 3 degrees across! However the visuals in your video are mostly of a tiny region around the actual star as seen by scopes like Hubble... http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/nebulae/ngc3372.html This is how spectacular the larger surrounding nebula looks in a 12.5" dob... http://www.asod.info/?p=8519 Seems like we are definitely missing out on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thanks Pete, It looks impressive, we should have a Dobs on tour trip to the southern hemisphere, they have loads of good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thanks Pete, It looks impressive, we should have a Dobs on tour trip to the southern hemisphere, they have loads of good stuff. Yes, apparently the Magellanic clouds are not only a great naked eye spectacle, but are also jammed full of interesting DSO's for small telescopes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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