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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 76 x 56 arcminutes
Notes This is a HaRGB 2-frame mosaic.
A Schuler (10nm) Hydrogen Alpha Filter was used for the Luminance channel.
Taken from: Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland
Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S
On: 28th and 29th April 2005.



Image Info
Telescope Intes MN61 - 6" f6 Maksutov-Newtonian
Focal Length 900 millimetres
Telescope guiding External by ST5C on 102mm f5 refractor at 1000mm
Telescope control Astrometric Sky Walker II
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 Ha:R:G:B = 100:60:60:60 minutes for each half
Image Calibrations All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.