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M101 - Novice: Light Pollution is killing me, Michael Thurston
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M101 - Novice: Light Pollution is killing me

M101 - Novice: Light Pollution is killing me, Michael Thurston
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M101 - Novice: Light Pollution is killing me

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Picture took over 2 nights. I'm in a Bortle 7-8 area. 65 photos at 180 sec 800 ISO and 110 at 90 sec 1600 ISO. I'm using the 1/3 of maximum histogram rule. At 180 sec, 800 ISO I'm at about 1/2 on the histogram. I tried stacking two nights separately and together -- Together gave the best results. My wife and I are looking at houses in a Bortle 4 area. Talk about the cost of this Hobby....

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M101 - Novice: Light Pollution is killing me, Michael Thurston