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James Lawton
My backyard in Flowermound, Tx
11/07/2021
01:35 am

Equipment Details:

RASA8 mounted on a Skywatcher Eq6r
AsiZwo 533mc cooled color camera
Optolong L pro lpf
180 seconds exposure, stack of 10 images combined.

Post-processing Details:

Processed on my Samsung note 20+ phone.

Image Details:

M42 , The Orion Nebula. Shot just before daylight savings time change and as it reached the dewpoint on my patio.

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