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NGC 3372 Carina Nebula (105mm 5DII).jpg
The Carina Nebula (aka Eta Carinae) in the southern sky. The actual star Eta Carinae is the bright object above the V-shaped dark lanes. It is not starlike as it is surrounded by the elliptical Homunculus Nebula, very small on this scale. The dark patch to the right of the star is the Keyhole Nebula.
The main nebula is catalogued as NGC 3372. The smaller detached nebula at top right is NGC 3324, sometimes called the Gabriela Mistral Nebula.
Within the main nebula are several sparse star clusters: Trumpler 14 and 16, Bochum 10 and 11.
Technical:
Taken December 11, 2012 from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. This is a stack of 5 x 12 minute exposures at ISO 400 with the Canon 5D MkII (filter modified) and Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler apo refractor at f/6 with the AP 6x7 field flattener. No filter was employed here. Reprocessed in 2025.
The main nebula is catalogued as NGC 3372. The smaller detached nebula at top right is NGC 3324, sometimes called the Gabriela Mistral Nebula.
Within the main nebula are several sparse star clusters: Trumpler 14 and 16, Bochum 10 and 11.
Technical:
Taken December 11, 2012 from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia. This is a stack of 5 x 12 minute exposures at ISO 400 with the Canon 5D MkII (filter modified) and Astro-Physics 105mm Traveler apo refractor at f/6 with the AP 6x7 field flattener. No filter was employed here. Reprocessed in 2025.
- Copyright
- © 2012 Alan Dyer
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- Nebulas, NGC/IC Objects

