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M51 90m ISO1600, David Zuehlke
M51 90m ISO1600
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M51 90m ISO1600

M51 90m ISO1600, David Zuehlke
M51 90m ISO1600
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M51 90m ISO1600

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My first try at M51 in several years. Composed of 90x60s ISO1600 lights. 39 darks, 51 flats, 100 bias frames. Stacked in DSS, processed in Nebulosity. This is the first processing run.

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  • M51 90m ISO1600, David Zuehlke
    Original
  • Final
    M51 90m ISO1600, David Zuehlke
    B

B

Description: I changed the order at which I did color correction in the processing. Did an auto background correction first, and then moved on to the rest of my processing. Result was a more natural color tone I think.

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M51 90m ISO1600, David Zuehlke