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Paul Wilson
Paso Robles, CA. USA
08/18/2023
11:00 pm

Equipment Details:

Radian 75mm Astrograph 405mm FL
ASI071 MC Pro color camera
Celestron CGX GEM
ASI Air controller for all equipment

Post-processing Details:

Loaded 180 light sub frames into Deep Sky Stacker, then processed in Photoshop.

Image Details:

Andromeda Galaxy known as Messier 31, a collection of subframes taken over 4 nights from a bortel 4 to 5 area.

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