NGC 3324 and IC 2599

Constellation: Carina

NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the constellation of Carina. It is associated with the emission nebula IC 2599, also known as Gum 31 and the Gabriela Mistral nebula. The open cluster is 9’100 Ly from earth. Link to interactive sky chart.

Dates:

This is derived from the outstanding data taken by Martin Pugh during the month of April 2023 (Martin’s website: Remote Astrophotography with Martin Pugh (martinpughastrophotography.space).

His telescope is located in Chile (Observatory: El Sauce).

Colour palette is SHO.

Telescope & Mount:

Planewave CDK24 (F6.5) on a Planewave L600 mount.

Imaging:

Camera: Moravian G3-61000 (bin 2×2)

Data:
Nebula:
Astrodon Ha: 9x900s
Astrodon O3: 15x900s
Astrodon S2: 14x900s

Total integration time: 9h 30′

NGC 3324 using the data from the James Webb Space Telescope

The image above was build using the publicly available data from the JWST. I mapped the filters to the following colours:

f444w-f470n → Red
f335m → Green
f200w → Green-Blue
f187n → Green-Blue
f090w → Blue

The second image shows the area of the main image corresponding to the JWST image.