NGC 3293,  the blue open star cluster to the top of the page, is located north west on the famous Carina Nebula. The extension of the emission nebulosity is part of NGC 3324 (shown towards the bottom left), being subsequently part of the larger Gun 30 complex that feeds back into the Carina Nebula and Keyhole. This magnificent open cluster is very reminiscent of the Jewel Box cluster in Crux.  It appears that this cluster is located at a similar distance and direction as the giant molecular cloud Sodroski 62. It is listed that there are 16 ionising B-class stars as probable members, the hottest of which is the B0 Ia ,supergiant HD 91969, at a distance of 2471 parsecs and an age of 8.7 million years.

NGC 3324- is affectionately know as The Gabriela Mistral nebula. A giant, cavernous gas cavity carved out by intense UV radiaiton and stellar winds from young hot white stars. The small open star cluster within consists of  20 O- and B-type stars. This image reveals well defined dark towers of cool gas and dust that rise above the glowing wall of gas. The dense gas at the top resists the blistering ultraviolet radiation from the
central stars, and creates a tower that points in the direction of the energy flow.
The HII region of NGC 3324 is referred to as G 31. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.7, and is approx. 10,200 light years distant.

Notes- Due to the mute representation in the Red channel, I took a series of Ha which I then layered to the red channel to accentuate the emission nebula and surrounding area.