NGC 3324

is often called the Gabriela Mistral Nebula due to the resemblance to the silhouette of the Chilean poet.
It is an emission nebula located 7200 light years away in Carina.

The nebula hosts several massive hot stars which are slowly eroding the gas cloud with their radiation.

Imaged in SHO narrowband with RGB stars on our Planewave CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image Processing: Mike Selby and Mark Hanson

Enjoy Mark and Mike