The Carina Nebula is one of the largest nebulae in the sky. Bigger than the Orion Nebula, so is an easy deep sky object to capture here in the Southern hemisphere.
Where stars are born
Tag: pictures
Out and about
Dunedin was remarkably quiet on Sunday afternoon. Either people are far more organised than me when it comes to Christmas shopping, or the economy is still pretty flaccid.
Anyway, I took a small camera – a 2007 Ricoh GRD II and took a few shots. Normally I shoot RAW with the camera, but this time around I shot some warm, almost sepia mono JPEGs. I kind of like them.
Yarr
Say hello to the Skull and Crossbones nebula. Also known as NGC 2467. I think it has proven to be a little too distant for a 150mm telescope to handle. I might have to revisit it with a longer lens sometime, but for now this will have to do.
Seven sisters
I took some more time to get to know my new bit of kit last night, particularly scheduled shoots. I am going to chalk it up to learning settings, because I had several target shots and none of them came out the best they could. I took a photo of the Pleiades and didn’t really get much of the associated nebulosity. But at least I can find targets and my alignment wasn’t askew.
Hey, where are all the pictures?
I had a little bit of a snafu with my server and had to reinstall WordPress from a backup. Which didn’t have the media files on it.
Because I am an idiot.
Over time I’ll repopulate my posts with some images, but it’s been a wee bit of an effort to get back to this stage already.