Eta Carinae Reprocessed
Back in May, I captured some excellent data of Eta Carinae - the first time I’d had the telescope and mount out to a dark sky site.
The image I ended up with made me very happy - it was a (to my eyes) a brilliant picture of an iconic sight in the night sky.
Over the intervening months I have picked up more image processing skills and more confidence in pushing the data to reveal previously hidden detail.
The two images below show how I’ve taken the original image and really pushed the contrast and saturation. The result of doing so has made the detail within the nebula clearer and stand out that bit more.
I like the reprocessed image so much that I went and had it printed (only A3 size - I should have listened to the voice in my head that said “Get the A2 one as well… You know you want it…”) and will eventually get it either framed or simply stick it to the wall with Blue-Tack.
Eta Carinae, Original image
