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NGC 3324 is also called the Gabriela Mistral
nebula, because of the striking resemblance with the Nobel Prize winning
Chilean poet, who was born and raised in the Elqui region, home to the
Cerro Tololo, Cerro Pachon and Cerro Morado professional observatories. |
Image Data
Designation |
NGC 3324, Gabriela Mistral nebula |
Constellation |
Carina (Car) |
Description |
This extensive and irregular
nebulous haze seems to be an outlying part of the great Eta
Carinae complex. It is excited by a a small pair of O6 stars in the
brightest portion. |
Exposure |
Ha 60 min @ -19°C, 1x1 |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10E selfguided,
CFW-8, Custom Scientific 3nm Ha Filter |
Optics |
Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2
(prime focus) |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 05May2002 -
02:30 UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 7, Seeing 6, Temperature
+10°C |
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