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M101, Chris Sauer
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M101

M101, Chris Sauer
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M101

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M101 from my Bortle 8 backyard in Morrisville NC. Not exceptional but not too shabby considering how bad my LP gradients were and how they tend to leave a mottled background during corrcetion.

Due to my location and the way my yard faces generally need to image due east and right over RDU International Airport. Luckily the air traffic has been blunted as of late but once "normal" operations resume I'll have significantly more strobe lights to correct out of my raw data.

Anyway - I'm generally pleased with how this came out all challenges considered.

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Description: Slight color saturation boost and very light unsharp mask

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M101, Chris Sauer