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M101 - drizzled and cropped, Simon
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M101 - drizzled and cropped

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M101 - drizzled and cropped, Simon
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M101 - drizzled and cropped

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I managed 87 subs of this at 4 minutes long each, through my most light polluted zone, and so I could barely see the object at all on many of the individual subs. It was just under 6 hours integration time. This is a drizzled and cropped version. It was hard work, but I am pleased with it - all taken through my 8" reflector, using my Canon 700Da. One can almost see part of the very faint outer arm, which is a bit of a bonus too.

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M101 - drizzled and cropped, Simon