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        Catalog  | 
        Obj Type  | 
        Location  | 
        Date Taken:  | 
      
Smoot  | 
        Messier 82  | 
        Galaxy  | 
        Mayhill, NM  | 
        12-08-2007  | 
      
Description  | 
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Motto: Never give up. I took this data in December of 2007 and had tried to process it a couple times. I was never happy with it since I couldn't get any detail (not the small amount of Lum data in it). While I was AIC, I listened to some of the stuff Tony Hallas was saying and had this data on my laptop. So, I tried some of his techniques. Image came out reasonable well I think. Not perfect and I may try to get some more and better data but a reasonable version of M82 (and some new processing techniques)!  | 
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Technical Details  | 
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Exposure Time:  | 
          1.5 hrs each LRGB | |||
Camera:  | 
        SBIG STL-11000M | |||
Telescope:  | 
        RCOS 16 inch f/8.7 Ritchey-Chretien | |||
Mount:  | 
        Software Bisque Paramount ME | |||
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