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M51 with moonlight, Albert van Duin
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M51 with moonlight

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M51 with moonlight

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On March 5 and 6, 18 10 minute RGB exposures were made. During the nights of March 9 and 10, 62 10 minute L-exposures were made, the almost first quarter moon was up most of the night.

Total exposure time: 13 hours and 20 minutes. The average seeing was around 3.2 arcsecond, but what do you expect at 10 meter above sea level...

In the final version I used Deconvolution for the first time to enhance detail that was blurred by the seeing.

For a first try I am quite satisfied!

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