The Gabriela Mistral Nebula
NGC 3324
is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, at a distance of 7,560 light years from Earth. Closely associated with the emission nebula IC 2599, the two are often confused as a single object, and together have been named The Gabriela Mistral Nebula for the Chilean poet. NGC 3324 was first catalogued by James Dunlop in 1826. The beautiful colors of this image are 'false color.' Known as the Hubble Palette, specialized, scientific filters are used to capture Sulfur II, Hydrogen-alpha, and Oxygen III emission lines. The data are then 'mapped' to red, green, and blue channels, respectively, to result in this 'SHO' palette. Predominantly green upon combining, due to the powerful emissions in the H-a data, the color is then adjusted to a more aesthetically pleasing result.This data was acquired by Lloyd Smith and the good folks at Deep Sky West.
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is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, at a distance of 7,560 light years from Earth. Closely associated with the emission nebula IC 2599, the two are often confused as a single object, and together have been named The Gabriela Mistral Nebula for the Chilean poet. NGC 3324 was first catalogued by James Dunlop in 1826. The beautiful colors of this image are 'false color.' Known as the Hubble Palette, specialized, scientific filters are used to capture Sulfur II, Hydrogen-alpha, and Oxygen III emission lines. The data are then 'mapped' to red, green, and blue channels, respectively, to result in this 'SHO' palette. Predominantly green upon combining, due to the powerful emissions in the H-a data, the color is then adjusted to a more aesthetically pleasing result.This data was acquired by Lloyd Smith and the good folks at Deep Sky West.
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