NGC3372 - Carina Nebula (Robert Metcalf)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Carina (Car) · Contains: Carina Nebula · NGC 3372 · The star t1 Car · The star w Car · eta Car Nebula

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NGC3372 - Carina Nebula

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NGC3372 - Carina Nebula

The Jewel of the southern sky, the Great Carina Nebula (NGC3372)

Located in the Carina-Sagittarius arm of the milky way *only 8500 LY from earth, This massive complex of bright an dark nebulosity (four times larger than the Orion Nebula) is also an intense region of star formation with multiple star clusters. Carina’s pink glow comes from hydrogen that’s been energized by radiation from young, giant stars, and the dark regions are cold lanes of dust.
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The Carina Nebula is home to one of the largest and most luminous stars known: Eta Carinae. Estimated at 100-150 solar masses, if placed in our solar system it would reach and surpass the orbit of Jupiter. Eta Carina is so large that it survived a perceived supernova explosion that was observed in 1842 (making it the second brightest star in the night sky). Eta Carinae has strong stellar wind outflows that shape and sculpt the nebula.
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The Gear:
- ASI294MC Pro and Optolong L-enhance filter
- WO Zenithstar Z73 @ 430mm
- ZWO ASI120MM Guide Camera
- ASIAIR Plus for capture sequence
- Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro Mount
- 30 x 5min Exposures
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The Processing:
- Stacked and Processed in Pixinsight
- WBPP w/ Drizzle Integration
- DBE -> Image Solver -> SPCC -> SCNR
- BlurX -> NoiseX
- EZ Soft Stretch -> StarX (with unscreen stars)
- Curves, Saturation, Unsharp Mask, LHE with Range masks on Starless
- Slight curves adjustments and MT on Stars
- Pixel Math to combine (Star rescreening)
- Dark Structure Enhance Script

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