Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3576  ·  NGC 3579  ·  NGC 3581  ·  NGC 3582  ·  NGC 3584  ·  NGC 3586  ·  NGC 3590  ·  NGC 3603
Statue of Liberty Nebula, Jan Scheers
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Statue of Liberty Nebula

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Statue of Liberty Nebula

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Image of NGC 3576 or 'Statue of Liberty Nebula',  located in the constellation of Carina, about 9000 light-years from Earth.
To the left of NGC 3576 you can also see NGC 3603, another emission nebula about 20000 light years away.

This SHO-image was captured with the ASA500N telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time 180 minutes.
SHO: 12 subs of 300s with each narrow band filter (SII, H-alpha and OIII).

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Statue of Liberty Nebula, Jan Scheers