NGC 3603, the Giant Nebula,

NGC 3603, the Giant Nebula,
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NGC 3603, the Giant Nebula,

NGC 3603 is a nebula situated in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from the Solar System. It is a massive HII region containing a very compact open cluster (probably a super star cluster) HD 97950.

This picture has been processed using:
- Pixinsight for Cosmetic Correction & align & SHO combination
- CCDStack for the integration
- Photoshop for the post processing

Based on the Pro Dataset
Image specs:
S: 4*600s
H: 3*600s
O: 4*600s
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
Telescope CHI-3 ASA RC-1000AZ
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Location El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
June 2020
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
Ha, OIII, SII
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
CCDStack, Pixinsight, Photoshop
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
Credits Data: telescope.live, processing: Nicolas ROLLAND
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