Eta Carinae Nebula in LRGB

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Target Information
Eta Carinae Nebula, Key Hole Nebula, Eta Carina and Homonculous
Date
16th Feburary – 10th March 2006
Camera
SBIG 2000XM -20C
Filters
SBIG CFW8A, Ha, SII and OIII
Exposure
Total Time: 19.5 hours
Luminance: 7 hours
Red: 5 hours
Green: 2.5 hours
Blue: 5 hour
Telescope
RCOS 12.5″ Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain
Mount
Paramount ME
Aquired with
CCDAutoPilot3
Processing
CCDSoft, CCDStack, MaximDL, & Photoshop
Target Location
Right Ascension: 10h 44m 46.3s
Declination: -59° 37 42
Visual Brightness: 1.00