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Stefan B
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Post by Stefan B »

Maybe preliminary but with such a bright object the processing was pretty straightforward and the result already looked okay to me with only one night worth of data:

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See https://www.astrobin.com/tgkx4e/0/ for technical details.

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Stefan
Mike in Rancho
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Awesome. :bow-yellow: This is on my list too!
Stefan B
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Thanks, Mike. Give it a try, it's certainly not as hard as Centaurus A :lol:

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decay
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Post by decay »

Hi Stefan, once again: fascinating depth and a background full of "life". :thumbsup:
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Stefan B
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Post by Stefan B »

Hi Dietmar,

thanks, Dietmar, greatly appreciated!
decay wrote: Mon Apr 11, 2022 7:46 pm ... a background full of "life". :thumbsup:
I hope this doesn't mean it's uneven ;) I tried my best to make it flat :lol:

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Nice shot!
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