Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Vela (Vel)
RCW 38 - Sleeping Owl, mr1337
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RCW 38 - Sleeping Owl

RCW 38 - Sleeping Owl, mr1337
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RCW 38 - Sleeping Owl

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RCW 38 is an interesting area in Vela without very many high-focal length examples that I could find.

My wife mentioned the two horizontal lines near the center gave the impression of a sleeping owl, so decided to run with it.

Was a fun dataset to process and wanted to feature the SHO palette but added RGB stars. I tried an earlier version that was more saturated but didn't feel right, I found something nice about it not being quite as loud. There's so much detail and depth there, I hope I did this amazing structure justice!

Captured late February and early March 2022.

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RCW 38 - Sleeping Owl, mr1337

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