Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 108  ·  NGC 3556
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M108 with an almost full moon, Matteo Mooren
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M108 with an almost full moon

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M108 with an almost full moon, Matteo Mooren
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M108 with an almost full moon

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Object type : Barred spiral galaxy type SB(s)cd
Distance : 45 million lightyears
Starcount : 400 billion
Diameter : 110,000 lightyears

Despite the almost full moon, I tried to shoot this galaxy. Because of the full moon, I shooted more than 4 hours. Because of some clouds, I had to drop some exposures. But enough left for processing this image. Very difficult to process, because of the moonlight, but I am confident with this result.

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M108 with an almost full moon, Matteo Mooren