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Ghosts of Lacerta

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This image was taken entirely from a dark site in Livingston Manor, NY. 

I am surprised this target is not imaged more often. It is stunning especially with a wide FOV. 

For the most part, I am very happy with how this turned out.  I'd planned to shoot the stars separately at a reduced aperture to mitigate the effects of off-axis coma, but this did not pan out.

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B

Description: Processed with DBE rather than Graxpert, and slightly more aggressive BXT. This result is a little cleaner and sharper, but faint details aren't as pronounced. Not sure which one I like better.

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C

Description: With GraXpert AI and BlurX AI4 - huge improvement to the stars with new version of BlurX!

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D

Description: Background darkened, nebula brightened

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Ghosts of Lacerta, Dan