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I took this while at New Mexico Skies, the same trip where I imaged Perseus and M81 and M82.  This is just a quick image while waiting for other targets to rise, so it doesn’t have much exposure time.  The challenge with this image was to blend different exposure time to maintain the dynamic range and faint details.

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Takahashi FCT-150 triplet apo $ f/5

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SBIG STL-11000

L (3x2 min, 3x1 min, 3x5 sec), R (2x2 min), G (3x2 min), B (3x2 min), Ha (3x5 min)

New Mexico Skies Observatory

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