Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  IC 2599  ·  NGC 3293  ·  NGC 3324  ·  r Car
Gem Cluster, Eckhard Völcker
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Gem Cluster, Eckhard Völcker
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The Gem Cluster NGC 3293 is a massive open cluster with over 100 B-stars. It is located at the border of an H2 region, Gum 30. The other H2 region in the image is Gum 31 with the embedded cluster GC 3324. In the center of NGC 3324 is the star system HD 92206 with 3 massiv O-stars that deliver the energy for the surrounding emission nebula.

These H2 clouds are part of the larger Carina Nebula Complex, located northwest of Eta Carinae.

Above the Gem cluster is a small, round nebula with the star HD 92383 in its center.

Image acquisition: 60x30s for Red, Green and Blue, 30x150s Ha (Astrodon 5nm) with Sequence Generator Pro and PHD2.

Stacks: AstroPixelProcessor

Linear Processing: Pixinsight

Non-Linear Processing: Photoshop

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