Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3372  ·  eta Car nebula
My old friend in Carina, capella_ben
My old friend in Carina
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My old friend in Carina

My old friend in Carina, capella_ben
My old friend in Carina
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My old friend in Carina

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I first imaged this when my ASI1600MM was new and I was still learning. I was never really happy with those shots (once i learnt better).

This time I wanted to make sure I swamped the read noise. I went a fair bit beyond what I normally do and it seems to have paid off.

Because of this I loose a bit of dynamic range. As Carina has a very bright near the keyhole nebula, I also experimented with HDRComposition in PixInsight. This seemed to work very well as I think I pulled up a lot of faint detail without any overexposure of nebula (and most stars).

Let me know what you think. Constructive criticism welcome.

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Description: Reduced Stars

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Description: Re-process. Thanks to StarNet I can now make good star masks (much better than directly via PixInsight)

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My old friend in Carina, capella_ben