The Carina’s Reflection (NGC 3372) (Bruce W Berry Jr)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Carina (Car) · Contains: The star w Car

The Carina’s Reflection (NGC 3372), Bruce W Berry Jr

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The Carina’s Reflection (NGC 3372)

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The Carina’s Reflection (NGC 3372)

Recently, I’ve been struggling with processing a rather notoriously difficult object that I’ve been imaging over the last few months and needed break. So, I thought I’d try something different and try a less difficult target. But as we all know, each object has its challenges. And in the short time that I’ve been in the hobby, I’ve come to the conclusion that no object is easy to process.

The usual broadband representation of this object is usually dominated by reds and magentas. It wasn’t until I started processing the data that I noticed the faint blue nebula within the object, which came as a nice surprise.

Thanks for viewing and Clear Skies everyone!

Bruce

Tech info:
The data used to process this image was taken from one of the Premium Data Sets offered by iTelescope to its members. This RGB image was stacked and processed in PixInsight, with finishing touches applied in Photoshop.

Camera: SBIG STX16803
Telescope: 20” f/6.8 Reflector

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RGB Subs = 300 sec; Bin 1x1

R = 25 mins
G = 30 mins
B = 30 mins

Total Integration Time: 1hr and 25 minutes

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