NGC3576 – Statue Of Liberty Nebula

Imaged through the start of march 2023, This is my first take on NGC3576 – The Statue of Liberty nebula.

HOO version of NGC3579 @ 2×2 Binning
Starless Gold and Turquoise version after adding Sii

Image Details :
13 x 1200s Ha, 11 x 1200s Oiii, 11 x 600s Sii
100x 1200s darks and 100 Bias frames for calibration

Equipment :
GSO RC10″ Truss on the SkyWatcher EQ8 Mount
QHY268M cooled mono camera set at -10C and 2×2 binning
Antlia 2″ Ha & Oiii filters mounted in the QHY L Filter Wheel
Moonlite crayford focuser with Motor control
QHY5 guide camera with QHY OAG
PegasusAstro Ultimate PowerBox v2 for power distribution, USB hub and Focus motor control
All housed in the Nexdome Observatory and run by a scope mounted NUC mini pc

Processing software :
Mount interface with GreenSwamp Server (GSS)
Guiding by PHD2
Image Capture controlled by Sequence Generator Pro (SGPro)
Image Calibration, Registration, Stacking , Deconvolution by PixInsight
Image stretching and final processing in Photoshop