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M42 with my 130PDS for the first time, Victor Land
M42 with my 130PDS for the first time
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M42 with my 130PDS for the first time

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M42 with my 130PDS for the first time, Victor Land
M42 with my 130PDS for the first time
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M42 with my 130PDS for the first time

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Using a second hand Skywatcher 130PDS for the first time, after spending some time getting it darkened and collimated.
Shot from Leiden (the Netherlands), a Bortle 8 sky.
Managed to get 38 minutes of data.

Used an Explore Scientific HR Coma Corrector, a Baader Semi-Apo filter, and a Canon 700D.
ISO 800, 40s subs.

Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker, post-processing using Gimp 2.10.10 and Siril 0.99.10.1

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M42 with my 130PDS for the first time, Victor Land

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