When this was ( 23/12/08) taken, seeing and transparency good.
NGC 3324 is also called the Gabriela Mistral nebula. She is a Nobel Prize winner for poetry from Chile. There are many largetelescopes where she was born and raised.
Nice images, Bert. Carina is one of the beautiful sections of the Milky Way. NGC 3293 is one of my all time favourite clusters, you've captured it well. Thanks for sharing. Russ