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IC 2944 Nebula

IC 2944 Nebula with QHY 268 camera

I finally got a couple of clear nights so I was able to capture this nebula as well as the Eta Carina nebula posted separately. 
 
IC 2944 or the Centuari Nebula. This is a 2.5 hour exposure of a fairly faint emission nebula. 
 
Note that the stars lack the deep colours as I was using an extreme narrowband filter to defeat the bright city lights and the bright moon. The L-Extreme filter cancels out a lot of the starlight while enhancing the Oxygen and Hydrogen in bright nebula.
IC2944-CentauraNebula-Final-Publish
Eta Carinae Nebula 2021

Eta Carina Nebula 2021

Eta Carina Nebula with QHY 268 camera

The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, and is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years from Earth and is 230 light years across.
 
This is image is from 1 hour of 2 minute exposures using the Esprit 120mm Refractor and the QHY 268c Colour camera.
I have imaged this nebula several times before, but I like trying it out whenever I get a new camera.  In this case is is a one shot colour image.
 
Note that the stars lack the deep colours as I was using an extreme narrowband filter to defeat the bright city lights and the bright moon. The L-Extreme filter cancels out a lot of the starlight while enhancing the Oxygen and Hydrogen in bright nebula. 
Eta Carina Processed