Statue of Liberty Nebula

Located 7,800-9,800 light-years away in the constellation Carina resides a blazing cauldron of star formation. NGC 3576 is located in the Sagittarius-Carina minor spiral arm of our galaxy, This region is home to many massive molecular clouds and bright emission nebulae. While this nebula appears small in the night sky it is around 100 light-years across. This nebula gets its name from the shape of the dark dust clouds embedded in it that appear like the famous Statue of Liberty in New York City. This nebula is also known as the Torchbearer nebula. Looping arcs and loops of ionized gas can be seen above the globules of dust caused by violent stellar winds from the young stars within. This nebula is below the horizon to image from my backyard so I used remote data from Telescope Live.

Data acquired from Telescope Live

Telescope Live remote Imaging CHI-1 CMOS

telescope: Planewave CDK24 (3962 mm, 610 mm, f/6.5)

Accessories: Mathis MI-1000/1250 with absolute encoders

Camera: QHY 600M Pro

Filters: Astrodon 3nm Hydrogen alpha, Oxygen III, Sulfur II

Location: El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile

Sky conditions: Bortle 1

Processing: Siril stacking, Pixinsight processing

Integration time: (Ha: 48x300s, OIII: 48x300s, SII: 48x300s)

Total integration time: 12 hours