Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)
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Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372, Ed Dixon
Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372
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Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372

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Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372, Ed Dixon
Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372
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Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372

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Initial cut at an image of Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372,  a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, and it is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years from Earth.  Taken as 18 five minute exposures, six each for RGB for a total of 1.5 hours imaging over a few nights about 2/24/22   Captured by staff at the iTelescope observatory in Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia using a  Planewave 20" CDK 510 mm reflector telescope and a FLI PL09000 camera.  Data downloaded from iTelescope and then processed with Pixinsight and Apple edit.

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Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372, Ed Dixon