Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  IC 2599  ·  NGC 3324
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NGC3324 & IC2599 HSO, Göran Nilsson
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NGC3324 & IC2599 HSO

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NGC3324 & IC2599 HSO, Göran Nilsson
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NGC3324 & IC2599 HSO

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NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) at a distance of 7,560 light years from Earth. It can be seen in the top left corner of this image: https://www.astrobin.com/dwpm99/

The cluster is closely associated with the emission nebula IC 2599, also known as Gum 31. The two are often confused as a single object, and together have been nicknamed the "Gabriela Mistral Nebula" due to its resemblance to the Chilean poet. All according to Wikipedia.

This is Ha, Sii and Oiii data from Telescope Live at the El Sauce hosting facility at 1500m elevation in Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile. Ha is 6 x 10 minm, Sii is 6 x 10 min, and Oiii is 7 x 10 min. Binned 2x2.

I started off with Ha in the red channel, Sii in green, and Oiii in blue, but then tweaked the colours quite a bit in PS towards less green and maybe a bit RGB like.

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NGC3324 & IC2599 HSO, Göran Nilsson