Yay! not a repro
Battling significant cotton wool cloud, extensive high cloud and a full moon, not to mention the obligatory fluctuating poor to average seeing....over two frustrating nights (including a computer power glitch) I was determined to get some new data
This was a difficult processing journey as I had problems with my flats - due the full moon shining down the Newt tube in some orientations throughout the night (oh to have a dome!!!), weak moon affected colour data and the loss of various frames due to cloud aaaand poor seeing was very frustrating
buuuut I salvaged something in the end
This is the famous duo NGC 3603 and NGC 3576 in Carina.
This nebula duo make a contrasting pair because they are at significantly different distances from us and thus shine in different hues of magenta/red. With NGC 3603 lying something like four times further away than NGC 3576 the extinction by copious interstellar dust makes it appear more of an orange red while NGC 3576's light travels through less dust so suffers less interstellar reddening and is thus more magenta Red.
This is a reasonably long HaOIIIRGB exposure totaling nearly 6 hrs, of course it would have been longer had the above mentioned factors sent by Mr Murphy not arrived
Two Red Nebula in Carina
and
Close up of NGC 3576
With the Ram horns of NGC 3576, this is one area that looks good in Ha only IMO so have a look
HERE
Anyway, better luck next time as they say.....
Mike