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NGC 3576 - The Statue of Liberty Nebula, Adriana Amez
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NGC 3576 - The Statue of Liberty Nebula

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NGC 3576 - The Statue of Liberty Nebula

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NGC 3576 It is an emission nebula that contains a distinctive central shape that clearly characterizes it by reminiscent of the well-known Statue of Liberty, which is why it is popularly known by that name. It was discovered on March 16, 1834 by John Frederick William Herschel, and was located in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way, in the constellation of Carina, between Eta Carinae and the Running Chicken Nebula.
Visible from the southern hemisphere, this nebula of about 100 light-years in diameter, which is about 9,000 light-years distant from Earth, is a huge area of ​​gas in which stars are forming at a high rate, which characterizes it as a region H II, where stars are born from the condensation of the large amounts of ionized atomic hydrogen present. Thus, within it are many young, massive, and hot stars that emit ultraviolet light that ionizes the gas around them, causing elements such as oxygen and sulfur, as well as hydrogen, to be energized and glow.

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