NGC 3324 - Gabriela Mistral Nebula in HOO - Explored July 18, 2021

NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina (the same constellation as our previous image of ETA Carina Nebula)

It is sometimes called the "Gabriela Mistral Nebula" due to its resemblance to the Chilean poet. It is approximately 7560 light years from Earth and is 6.754 million years old.

This version was created with the same data captured back in February 2021 but processed by mapping Ha to Red, Oiii to Green and Sii to Blue (HOO) instead of the Hubble pallet (SHO). Hopefully we can get some clear nights soon, so I can start using our new ZWO ASI 1600mm camera.

 

Equipment Details:

•8 Inch Skywatcher Quattro Carbon Fibre F4.0 Newtonian Reflector

•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount

•SBIG STT 8300m CCD Camera cooled to -20'c

•SBIG FW8G-STT Filter Wheel

•Baader Ha, Oiii and Sii Filters

•SKywatcher BD 102mm Guide Scope

•Meade DSIii CCD Guide Camera

•Polemaster for polar alignment

 

Exposure Details:

•Ha 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Oiii 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

•Oiii 15X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

 

Total Integration Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes

Done