Eta Carina Nebula and surrounding clusters, taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, March 15, 2007. With 77mm Borg astrograph at f/4.3 and Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera at ISO400 for stack of 6 x 10 minute exposures under warm +20° temps.
Eta Carina area with clusters, with Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera with 135mm f/2 Canon L lens at f/4 for 6 minutes each at ISO400. Stack of 4 exposures, averaged stacked. Taken from Queensland, Australia, June 2006.
The Football Cluster, aka the Black Arrow Cluster in Carina, NGC 3532. The dark band across the middle that gives it its nickname of the Black Arrow Cluster is just visible here. But it is also known as the Football Cluster, from the elongated appearance as an Australian rugby ball. This is a stack of for 3-minute exposures with the original Canon 5D, modified, at ISO 800, and Astro-Physics Traveler at f/6, from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.