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M78 under difficult conditions, Göran Nilsson
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M78 under difficult conditions

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M78 under difficult conditions, Göran Nilsson
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M78 under difficult conditions

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I was naive enough to try to image M78 in Northern Europe in October. It was low in the horizon and only visible at the end of the night. It was mist in the air and I had heard it was a difficult one and not one to do up here in October. I managed 19 x 5 min in the early morning before it got too light. Got the worst gradients I have ever tried to process. Initially I gave up but in lack of other projects I picket it up from my hard drive today and gave it a go, starting with the Gradient Exterminator and more gradient suppression in Noel's Actions in PS.

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M78 under difficult conditions, Göran Nilsson