Carina Nebula from world-famous observatories in Chile - Anil Monnier
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As I live in the Northern Hemisphere, creating this was a really long and challenging project. I had the opportunity to take this picture during my university exchange in Chile, under the overwhelming and prehistoric night sky of the Atacama Desert.
I had for goal: “different imaging location for each filter/channel” and I got very spoiled. The Hydrogen Alpha and Red filter were used on the amazing El Sauce Observatory site. The Green channel was gathered on La Silla Observatory’s airstrip, and finally, the Blue one was taken on the Observatorio del Pangue site. Just next to where Gemini South, SOAR, Vera C. Rubin, and Tololo Inter-American Observatories operate. It was truly dark out there. Really seeing how obscure space can be in contrast with the unbelievable Milky Way brightness. Really made us realize the beauty of our night sky and how much light pollution can cover all of this… we should really start thinking about how to preserve this view of the world.
Anil Monnier
Here is the link for the picture in full size:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/zrehaz/E/
Locations: El Sauce Observatory, La Silla Observatory’s airstrip, Observatorio del Pangue
Dates: April 30, 2022 - May 1, 2022 - May 2, 2022 - May 3, 2022
Average Moon phase: 2.44%
Bortle 1
Exposure time: 09h36
-44x180s or 02h12 on Red
-44x180s or 02h12 on Green
-44x180s or 02h12 on Blue
-45x240s or 03h00 on Ha
Calibration frames:
-60 darks of 180s and 240s
-30 flats for each filter
-90 bias
Equipment:
Main Camera: ASI 294 MM in bin mode 1x1
Telescope: Radian Raptor 61
Mount: Ioptron Sky-Guider Pro
Filter Set: ZWO Red, Green, Blue, Ha
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW 7 positions
Guide camera: ASI 290 MM Mini