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      RCW53 - part of the  Carina Nebula
      Wallpaper author:
      Mike Paling

      28 Aug 2026

      RCW53 - part of the Carina Nebula

      RCW53 is part of the Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is approximately 8,500 light-years (2,600 pc) from Earth

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      RCW 53c

      5 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 159.325 Dec -60.9317
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        02 Mar 2023 - 28 Mar 2023
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Halpha6002h20m14
      SII6002h20m14
      OIII6002h20m14

      RCW53 - part of the Carina Nebula