NGC 3576 Nebula in Carina

I had a lot of fun processing this one.

Good, strong data, even in SII.

After some initial 32bit stretching, I converted to 16bit and removed the stars before more stretching and sharpening.

Initial colour conversion was to Hubble palette and at the end, converted it to Bob Franke's turquoise-gold motif before blending in RGB stars.

Details:

About 20x20m Ha,OIII,SII 3nm NB each, 30x4m RGB bin 2 each

Image scale 0.47 arsec/pixel

Image size +- 30x20 arcmin

Captured with MaximDL

Processed with PS CS4

Equipment:

Scope: Celestron EdgeHD 14"

Mount: ASA DDM60

Camera: FLI Microline 11002, Astrodon filters

Guiding: MMOAG with Loadstar camera

Focuser: FLI Atlas

Software:

TheSkyX, ACP Planner, ACP, ACP Scheduler, FMax, MaximDL, Photoshop CS4

Location:

Port Elizabeth, South Africa