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Nebulosity around NGC 3572 in Narrowband
This is a pretty cool target – near the great Carina Nebula but not often photographed by itself.
It’s a close neighbour to the star cluster NGC 3532, also known as the Pincushion, Football or Wishing Well Cluster.
The nebulosity resembles a gas flame in space!
Image selected as NASA/APOD 13 Feb, 2019
Silver Award (with Distinction) 2019 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards
Silver Award (with Distinction) 2019 AIPP Victorian Professional Photography Awards
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About this Nebula
NGC 3572 is a star cluster situated near a molecular cloud in Carina about 6500 light year distance. These stars are young and massive and are only expected to live a few million years and explode as supernovae. These stars have shaped the clouds into amazingly convoluted shapes by their powerful radiation.(Eso)
“I’ll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares Maelstrom and round perdition’s flames before I give him up!”
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