Statue of Liberty Nebula
NGC 3576
Processed by Nicolas Rolland, Paris. 36.6 hours gathered by Martin Pugh at El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile.
NGC 3576 is an emission nebula located at about 9,000 light years in the constellation of Carina. This nebula is a gigantic region of gas with a size of 100 light-year, where new stars are constantly forming. The radiation and intense winds of the massive stars in the neighborhood sculpt the gas clouds from which they form. The dark areas correspond to the presence of very dense and opaque clouds of gas and dust.
This nebula is also called the Statue of Liberty Nebula. Personally, I also see a wolf or dragon head next to it..
This picture respects the Hubble Palette version (SHO): H-Alpha mapped to green, SII mapped to red and OIII mapped to the blue channel. While the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters were used to create the nebula color.
TECHNICAL DATA
ACQUISITION DETAILS
OPTICS Planewave CDK17 @ F/6.8
CAMERA SBIG STXL-11002 (AOX)
MOUNT Paramount ME
FILTERS Ha, OIII, SII, R, G, B
LOCATION El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado, Chile
DATE February 2020
EXPOSURES 36.6 hours (Ha 20 x 1800 sec, OIII 20 x 1800 sec, SII 20 x 1800 sec, R 8 x 1200 sec, G 8 x 1200 sec, B 8 x 1200 sec)
PROCESSING SOFTWARE Pixinsight, CCDstack, Photoshop
COPYRIGHTS Nicolas Rolland & Martin Pugh

TARGET DETAILS
RA 11h 12m 21.9s
DEC -61° 14' 04.6"
SIZE 41.7 x 21.7 arcmin
ORIENTATION Up is 37.3 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Carina
DISTANCE 9,000 ly