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Chris, that's a nice rendition Eta Carina, very psychedelic. Were you using narrow band filters or just weaved some magic in Lightroom? I like the effect. Regarding flats and Darks, I don't always use them, it depends on the quality I'm after and the conditions I was photographing in. Darks definitely remove hot pixels and flats help with vingnetting and unclean camera sensors, so for me they do improve the overall result.
Its really a matter of how pedantic you want to be. If you're happy with just capturing some memories of the night's session for viewing on your mobile phone then yes, you're right, darks and flats aren't necessary. I know what you mean though, sometimes they don't seem to make an ounce of difference and if flats aren't made correctly, then you're better off without them.
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