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M78

Revision title: M78 Reprocessed with SPCC and better star managment

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M78

Revision title: M78 Reprocessed with SPCC and better star managment

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As recounted by other Astrobin contributors, this has been a tough target to get right with a DSLR. Not there yet by a long shot, but probably as good as I can get it for now.  Data collected over 4 nights in February 2022, most at ISO 800 and 45 seconds.  Looking forward to trying again with a dedicated astro camera at some point.

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Title: M78 Reprocessed with SPCC and better star managment

Description: At the end of this revision effort, the image is still limited by lack of data, but similar to other recent revisions, this version benefits by SPCC, very gentle application of BXT as well as NXT, and using SXT in the linear state to stretch the starfield and starless versions separately.

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M78, Rob Foster