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NGC 3576 - Statue of Liberty Nebula in SHO with RGB stars, gmadkat
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NGC 3576 - Statue of Liberty Nebula in SHO with RGB stars

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This is a wide field view of the NGC 3576, also known as The Statue of Liberty Nebula and ESO 129-EN5, a bright emission nebula about 100 light-years across, located about 9000 light-years away in the Sagittarius arm of our Milky Way in the constellation Carina.This giant nebula of glowing gas is an HII region where stars are currently forming at a high rate. H II (H-two) regions are where stars are born from condensing clouds of hydrogen gas (they are named for the large amounts of ionized atomic hydrogen they contain.) These regions are characterized by hot, young, massive stars which emit large amounts of ultraviolet light and ionize the nebula.

Data and Preprocessed by Mike Selby at throughlightandtime.com and processed by me using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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NGC 3576 - Statue of Liberty Nebula in SHO with RGB stars, gmadkat