Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5485
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M101, Aaron Dalton
M101
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M101

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M101

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The second of my completed projects with the new QHY533M. This was an interesting project as my spring nights have been growing rapidly shorter as summer comes here in Alaska. On top of that, I lost quite a few hours to bright aurora. I'm decently happy how this turned out.

Standard processing for me:

WBPP
Mure Denoise
DBE
PCC
GHS
Histogram to dial in median peak
EZ Suite Star reduction on L
LRGB Combo
Masked Curves
Masked Unsharp Mask
Curves
light LHE
Export to LightRoom
light touch of clarity, sat, vibrance, NR, sharpening
output PNG

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M101, Aaron Dalton