Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Coma Pinwheel  ·  M 99  ·  NGC 4254  ·  Virgo Cluster Pinwheel
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M99 LHaRGB, andrea tasselli
M99 LHaRGB
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M99 LHaRGB

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M99 LHaRGB, andrea tasselli
M99 LHaRGB
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M99 LHaRGB

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M99 was quite a comedown after all the other Messier (and not) objects much brighter and bigger than this one just nearby. One is left wondering how M99 was included in the most famous night sky catalog of all times whilst a host others more deserving weren't. The question is left for the ages...

I probably (or most certainly) underestimated the task ahead and never got a convincing luminance layer to start with hence I didn't try to push things and approached the final image composition in fairly (by my standards at the time) light hand.

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