NGC 3576 — Liberty’s Experiment Against the Storm

by Bob Meincke

Objects in field: NGC 3576, NGC 3579, NGC 3581, NGC 3582, NGC 3584, NGC 3586, EM Car, V0679 Car

Equipment: Askar 91F Flat-Field, ZWO ASI585MC Pro

Integration: 6h 40m

NGC 3576 — Liberty’s Experiment Against the Storm This version started as an experiment rather than a standard palette treatment. NGC 3576 is often shown with stronger red emission and more familiar narrowband color separation, but I wanted to see if I could make the “Statue of Liberty” figure more visually attentive — the face, torch-like plume, and surrounding shell — instead of having her…