Statue of Liberty in Narrowband

[MarsG76]

Hi All,

Sharing with you my latest image, this is NGC3603 and NGC3576 (AKA The "Statue of Liberty" nebula), a massive H-Alpha region containing a very compact open cluster, located in the constellation "Carina" about 20,000LY away.

I took this photo on multiple nights, between 19th February and 15th March 2021.
Imaged using my cooled and full spectrum modded Canon 40D DSLR attached to a Bosma 80mm f6.25 refractor on a CGEM equatorial mount.

Total exposure time was 22 Hours and 1 minute using 7nm HII, OIII and SII Narrowband filters and stars are from natural color (UV/IR Cut filter) subs... imaged from a semi rural sky.

HII: 6x600s, 6x900s and 4x1200s subs,
OIII: 10x900s, 8x1200s and 1x1800s subs
SII: 18x1800s subs
RGB: 19x60s, 19x120s, 18x180s and 20x300s subs @ ISO1600.
 

This is quite possibly the last narrowband photo I'll imageusing the modded 40D DSLR before my ZWO 2600MM arrives... now said to be mid April.

 

Clear Skies,

MG

 

Edited March 27, 2021 by MarsG76