NGC3293 - Gem Cluster -

This is a wallpaper of this header NGC 3293 (Gem Cluster), captured with CHI-1-CCD in SHO. Stack in AstroPixelProcessor, based on a Hubble-pallet, processed in PixInsight, Photoshop and Lightroom. NGC 3293, also known as the Gem Cluster, is an open star cluster in the constellation Carina, located about 8,200 light-years (2,500 parsecs) from Earth. The cluster is young, around 10 million years old, and contains several hundred member stars. It is dominated by blue and white main-sequence stars, but also hosts a red supergiant star, known as V361 Carinae, representing the final stages of the most massive stars in the cluster. NGC 3293 spans roughly 7–8 light-years and lies partly within an ionized gas (H II) region, indicating recent or ongoing star formation.