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M81 & M82 | Bode's and Cigar Galaxies, Tom Hitchen
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M81 & M82 | Bode's and Cigar Galaxies

Revision title: Re-Process

M81 & M82 | Bode's and Cigar Galaxies, Tom Hitchen
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M81 & M82 | Bode's and Cigar Galaxies

Revision title: Re-Process

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Description

4 nights were forecast to be clear and I've wanted to image these for a while, and the moon was also nearly full, but I decided to carry on for 3 nights, and overall I'm happy with the image and it was very tough to process due to gradients.

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Revisions

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  • Final
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Title: Crop

Description: 1:1 Crop of center

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D

Title: Re-Process

Description: Found this version in storage with less noise reduction on the galaxies

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M81 & M82 | Bode's and Cigar Galaxies, Tom Hitchen