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Virgo Galaxy Cluster feat. M87, PghAstroDude
Virgo Galaxy Cluster feat. M87
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Virgo Galaxy Cluster feat. M87

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Virgo Galaxy Cluster feat. M87, PghAstroDude
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Virgo Galaxy Cluster feat. M87

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M87 and friends, taken in the backyard using 3 min. guided subs in heavy light pollution. DBE and

Background Neutralization/Color Calibration in Pixinsight, Photoshop CS3 and GradientXTerminator (which worked really well here for removing circle gradients around the center). Curves adjustments and NR in Lightroom. After all that, I did the double-tap with GradientX again and saved as JPEG.

Bonus galaxy in the lower right hand corner!

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Virgo Galaxy Cluster feat. M87, PghAstroDude