Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)
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V385 Carina, Brian Boyle
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V385 Carina

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V385 Carina, Brian Boyle
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V385 Carina

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Earlier this season, inspired by the wonderful images of @Logan Carpenter ​​​ I had a crack at V385 Carina. with my RC8.  My AB friends were very generous in support of the image, but frankly it needed more.  Having upgraded to a bigger RC12, I decided to have a second and much longer attempt as this object.  

The resulting image is, I think, much better.  The vastly improved SNR reveals a little more of the extended [OIII] emission around the star - without looking too forced or starched in the ifinal image.

Adding the RGB stars and not cropping too close, gives the star a bit of context.  [And perhaps to the only thing I can add to an image database rightfully dominated by 24-inch class telescopes and above].  This is a faint object, particularly in [OIII]

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