CARINA


30 minutes exposure, Kodak Ektachrome 400 film. 50mm f/2 Nikkormat lens.

The Milky Way between Crux Australis and Puppis is extremely rich and bright. It contains many nebulae and open clusters, and provides many hours of pleasure for sweeping with binoculars or a wide field telescope.

The photograph above reaches from alpha centauri on the left, to the Puppis border on the right. Near the centre is the Southern Cross and the Coalsack. The large, bright nebula on the right is NGC 3372. A list of the objects marked on the image is given below.

Number Name R.A. Dec
1 NGC 3114 10 02.7 -60 07 Image
2 NGC 3372 10 43.8 -59 52 Image
3 IC 2602 10 43.2 -64 24 Image
4 NGC 3532 11 06.4 -58 40 Image
5 IC 2948 11 38.3 -63 18 Image
6 NGC 3766 11 36.3 -61 36 Image
7 The Coal Sack 12 50 -62 38
8 NGC 4755
The Jewel Box cluster 		12 53.6 -60 21 Image
9 NGC 4372 12 25.7 -72 40 Image
10 NGC 4833 12 59.6 -70 52 Image
11 NGC 3918
The Blue Snowball 		11 50.3 -57 11 Image
12 Ced 122 13 25 -64 00


30 minutes exposure, Fuji Provia 400 film. 50mm f/2 Nikkormat lens.


30 minutes exposure, Agfacolour 400 film. 120mm f/2.8 lens.

This photograph is a wide angle view of the southern Milky Way. In addition to showing the objects mentioned above, it shows many of the dark nebulae in the region. An example is the thin dark cloud in the constellation Musca. (just below Crux) A close up view of part of this cloud can be found here.

The next two photographs are wide format images that show the Milky Way between Vela and the Southern Cross. This means that almost all of Carina is visible. The exception is the very western region, which includes the very bright star, Canopus. This star is just out of view to the right.


30 minutes exposure using wide format Fuji Super G 400 film. 120mm f/2.8 Minolta lens.


30 minutes exposure on wide format Fuji Super G 400 film. 120mm f/2.8 Minolta lens.


30 minutes exposure, Kodak Ektachrome 200 slide film. 135mm f/3.5 Tamron lens.

A more magnified view of the Milky Way at the Carina-Centaurus border, centered on the magnificent NGC 3372. Some of the more prominent deep-sky objects are listed below.

Number Name R.A. Dec
1 NGC 3114 10 02.7 -60 07 Image
2 NGC 3293 10 36.1 -58 15
3 NGC 3372 10 43.8 -59 52 Image
4 NGC 3532 11 06.4 -58 40 Image
5 IC 2602 10 43.2 -64 24 Image
6 Mel 101 10 42 -65 06
7 NGC 3581 11 12.1 -61 18
8 NGC 3766 11 36.3 -61 36 Image
9 IC 2948 11 38.3 -63 18 Image
10 IC 2714 11 17.3 -62 42


45 minutes exposure, Kodak Ektachrome 200 slide film. 135mm f/3.5 Tamron lens.


30 minutes exposure, Kodak Ektachrome 200 slide film. 85mm f/2 Canon lens.


43 minutes exposure, Kodak Ektachrome 200 slide film. 85mm f/2 Canon lens.


45 minutes exposure, Kodak Ektachrome 200 slide film. 135mm f/3.5 Tamron lens.


45 minutes exposure, Kodak Ektachrome 200 slide film. 50mm f/2 Nikkormat lens.


Combination of 20, 60 second exposures.
Modified Canon 350D DSLR camera with an 18mm lens.