NGC 3576 - “The Statue of Liberty Nebula"

Galactic Fountain

 

NGC 3576 is an emission nebula located in the constellation Carina. It has many names, but best known by its popular name of “The Statue of Liberty Nebula". This is from the distinctive shape that can be seen in the middle of the nebula. However, I see something that looks more like a huge Galactic Fountain in Sagittarius arm of our galaxy.

 

Location in Cosmos from planet Earth

Location: RA: 11 11 58.665 Dec: -61 18 05.50

 

Imaged from

Melbourne, Australia

 

Image Dates

3 April, 3 May, 21 April 2015

 

Image Exposures

Ha 28 X 1800

 

Instruments

Telescope: ………. 10" Ritchey-Chrétien (RCOS)

Focal Length: ..... 2300.00 mm

Camera: …………... SBIG STL-11000 Mono

Filter: .................... Baader H-alpha 7nm.

Pixel size: ........... 9.00 um

Resolution: ......... 0.82 arcsec/pix

Mount: …………..... Astro-Physics AP-900

 

Processing Tools

CCDStack: ……………. Calibration, stacking, noise reduction

Photoshop: ………….. General image processing

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