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M106, lowenthalm

M106

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M106, lowenthalm

M106

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Description

A quick look at M106. A dark sky site helps so much. This is only 5 minutes worth of 1 second live-stacked frames. I rejected a lot of frames because of the effects of periods of gusty winds during the evening I shot this, so it probably took me 10 minutes! A little distortion can be seen in star shapes because of this. I tried to reject exposures most affected by this, but was forced to be a little less selective, otherwise I would have been imaging for 20 minutes to get 5 minutes worth of data.

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  • M106, lowenthalm
    Original
  • M106, lowenthalm
    B
  • Final
    M106, lowenthalm
    C

B

Description: Reprocessed with Fitswork to improve color balance and contrast in order to reduce noise.

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C

Description: Removed some mild banding to allow improving contrast and did a little more color balance adjustment.

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M106, lowenthalm

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