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Object Info
Object Name	NGC3603 (left) and NGC3576
Type	Emission Nebula;
Location	RA: 11h 12m 36.5s Dec: -60°50'32"
Constellation	Carina
Image Field	56 x 32 arcminutes
Object Notes	Although this looks like a single nebula, it is actually two. NGC3603 on the left is twice the distance to NGC3576 on the right.
Taken from:	Tin Shed Observatory Gold Coast, Queensland Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S
When:	Ha on 28th and 29th April 2005, SII and OIII on 11th June 2007.

Image Info
Telescope	Intes MN61 - 6" f6 Maksutov-Newtonian
Focal Length	900 millimetres
Telescope guiding	Internal Guiding
Telescope control	Paramount ME
CCD camera	SBIG ST-10xe
Camera cooling	Regulated Thermoelectric
Camera pixels	2184 x 1472 x 6.8um
Image scale	1.5 arcseconds per pixel
Processed with:	Maxim DL/CCD, Mira A/P, PixInsight Standard Beta, Photoshop
Exposure	R:G:B = SII:Ha:OIII = 100:60:60 minutes
Image Calibrations	All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.
Image Notes:	The colour in this image was created using the so-called "Hubble palette" popularised by images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The colour mapping is Red = SII, Green=Ha, Blue = OIII. Ha data from 2005 was merged with SII and OIII data taken in 2007. A Schuler (10nm) Hydrogen Alpha Filter and AstroDon SII and OIII Filters were used.