Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3576  ·  NGC 3579  ·  NGC 3590  ·  NGC 3603
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NGC 3576 The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina in Narrowband, Ian Parr
NGC 3576 The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina in Narrowband
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NGC 3576 The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina in Narrowband

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NGC 3576 The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina in Narrowband, Ian Parr
NGC 3576 The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina in Narrowband
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NGC 3576 The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina in Narrowband

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NGC 3576 is a bright HII emission nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy a few thousand light-years away from the Eta Carinae nebula. It is also approximately 100 light years across and 9000 light-years away from Earth. Powerful winds from the nebula's embedded, young, massive stars shape the looping filaments and star formation within the nebula contributes to the complex shapes.
NGC 3576 is just one of a swag of NGC designations in this field  including NGC 3584.

This might be the last image from a real purple patch of clear skies lately after the full moon with good to excellent seeing . 

The end of daylight saving really helps with around 4 hours of exposures in the one night on the one object and even getting to bed at a  reasonable hour.

If my luck continues I might switch to RGB for some galaxy fields.

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NGC 3576 The Statue of Liberty Nebula in Carina in Narrowband, Ian Parr