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{{Short description|Bright emission nebula in the constellation Carina}}
{{Infobox nebula
|name=NGC 3576
|image=File:ESO-NGC 3576-phot-17b-08-normal.jpg
|caption=NGC 3576. Credit [[ESO]].
|type=emission
|epoch=[[J2000.0]]
|ra={{RA|11|11|32.7}}<ref name="ned"/>
|dec={{DEC|-61|21|44}}<ref name="ned"/>
|dist_ly=6,000<ref name="aou"/>
|appmag_v=
|absmag_v=
|size_v=
|constellation=[[Carina (constellation)|Carina]]
|radius_ly=50
|names=GAL 291.30-00.7, RCW 57A, BRAN 348A, GAL 291.27-00.71, [GG70] 291.3-0.7, GAL 291.28-00.71, GUM 38a, [GS70] 291.3-00.7
}}
[[File:NGC3576Location.png|thumb|left|The location of NGC 3576 (circled in red)]]
'''NGC 3576''' is a bright [[emission nebula]] in the [[Carina–Sagittarius Arm|Sagittarius]] arm of the [[galaxy]] a few thousand [[light-year]]s away from the [[Eta Carinae]] nebula. It is also approximately 100 [[light years]] across and 9000 light-years away from [[Earth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gallery-ii/nebulae-clouds/ngc-3576/|title = NGC 3576, the Statue of Liberty Nebula|date = 27 June 2012}}</ref> It was discovered by [[John Frederick William Herschel]] on 16 March 1834.<ref name="wiki"/> This nebula has received six different classification numbers. Currently, astronomers call the entire nebula NGC 3576. A popular nickname is "The Statue of Liberty Nebula" because of the distinctive shape in the middle of the nebula. The name was first suggested in 2009 by Dr. Steve Mazlin, a member of Star Shadows Remote Observatory (SSRO).<ref name="starshadows"/> Within the nebula, episodes of star formation are thought to contribute to the complex and suggestive shapes. Powerful winds from the nebula's embedded, young, massive stars shape the looping filaments.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APOD: 2008 March 26 - The NGC 3576 Nebula|url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080326.html|access-date=2021-02-11|website=apod.nasa.gov}}</ref>
[[Image:Statue of Liberty Nebula final.jpg|thumb|left|Statue of Liberty Nebula in Hubble Palette by amateur astronomer Mark Johnston]]
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="ned">{{cite web
|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
|access-date=2007-04-27}}</ref>
<ref name="aou">{{cite web
|title=Atlas of the Universe
|url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/
|access-date=2007-04-27
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718054637/http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/
|archive-date=2015-07-18
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NGC_3576|title=Category:NGC 3576 - Wikimedia Commons}}</ref><!-- should not be cited as a reference -->
<ref name="starshadows">{{Cite web|url=http://www.starshadows.com/gallery/display.cfm?imgID=358|title = Star Shadows Remote Observatory Gallery}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
*{{commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.starshadows.com/_img/image/gallery/2/Statue_Master.jpg Photo of the "Statue of Liberty"]
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{{Carina (constellation)}}
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[[Category:Carina–Sagittarius Arm]]
[[Category:NGC objects|3576]]
[[Category:Emission nebulae]]
[[Category:Carina (constellation)]]
[[Category:Star-forming regions]]
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