NGC 3586
NGC 3576 is a bright emission nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the galaxy a few thousand light-years away from the Eta Carina Nebula (NGC 3372). It is approximately 100 light years across and 9000 light-years away from Earth. This nebula even received six different classification numbers (NGC 3576, 3579, 3581, 3582, 3584 and 3586). Currently, astronomers call the entire nebula NGC 3576. NGC 3576 was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel on 16 March 1834.
A popular nickname is "The Statue of Liberty Nebula" because of the distinctive shape in the middle of the nebula. The name was first suggested in 2009 by Dr. Steve Mazlin, a member of Star Shadows Remote Observatory (SSRO). Within the nebula, episodes of star formation are thought to contribute to the complex and suggestive shapes. Powerful winds from the nebula's embedded, young, massive stars shape the looping filaments. See Wikipedia for more details.
To the left of NGC 3586 lies NGC 3603, a massive HII region containing a very compact open cluster (probably a super star cluster) HD 97950. See Wikipedia for more details.
This image captures NGC 3586 (and NGC 3603) through a Hydrogen Alpha filter.
Technical Details
- Object: NGC 3372
- Other Names: RCW 57, ESO 129-EN5, Statue of Liberty Nebula
- Object Type: emission nebula
- Object Data: Angular Size = 50 x 25 arc-minutes
- Object Position (Equinox 2000): 11h 12m, -61° 22´, Constellation = Carina
- Date: 2021 Mar 06-10 (4 nights)
- Location: Chile Remote Observatory, Observatorio El Sauce, Chile
- Partnership: Operated in partnership with David Churchill
- Telescope: Planewave CDK-17 (with Focal Reducer: f/4.5; FL = 1945mm)
- Camera: QHY 16200A with Integral 7-position Filter Wheel
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO
- Guider: Agena Starguide II / SBIG STi
- Sub-Exposures: Astrodon Filters
- Luminance: 58 x 10 min = 580 min
- Red: 24 x 10 min = 240 min
- Green: 24 x 10 min = 240 min
- Blue: 24 x 10 min = 240 min - Total Exposure: 21h 40m
- File Name: NGC3586-EDF21-C01w.jpg
- Field of View: 38.9' x 58.3' at 0.64 arc-sec/pixel
- Original Image Size: 3630 x 4540 pixels (16.5 MP); 12.1" x 15.1" @ 300 dpi
- Data Acquisition: David Churchill
- Image Processing: Fred Espenak
- Maxim DL: Image Calibration, Stacking, Digital Development Processing
- Adobe Camera Raw: Noise Reduction
- Photoshop CC: Curves, Levels
- Topaz Labs: Sharpen AI - Copyright: Fred Espenak
