| distance | 7500 lightyears |
| total integration time | 3 hours 10 minutes |
| 6x 600 sec. H alpha 7x 600 sec. O III 6x 600 sec. S II | |
| magnitude | 6,7 mag |
| right ascension | 10h 37m 16,2s |
| declination | -58° 37′ 10″ |
| high resolution download | ngc3324.jpg |
| licence | Public Domain |
This is NGC 3324, an open cluster in the constellation Carina. It is about 7500 lightyears away from earth. It seems to be a rather young cluster with an estimated age of 6.75 million years. In the southern part is IC 2599, an emission nebula. It is located in the sourthern part of the sky and can not be seen from the northern hemisphere.
It’s an hubble palette imaghe using Halpha, O III, S II .
The images where made using a remote telescope of telescope.live . From my position in the nothern hemisphere it is impossible to take a direct picture of this object, as it is on the other side of the earth. 😉