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Barnard 150 Region, Kelly Wood
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Barnard 150 Region

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Barnard 150 Region

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Everything aligned to sneak out to one of my favorite dark-ish (Bortle 2) zones for some weekday astronomy and mountain biking. First go at a dark nebula as my primary target and still getting the hang of processing techniques. This is a pretty close crop. The full frame also includes NGC 6946, but I somehow completely blew out the  galaxy, so will have to figure out how not to do that. I also went unguided 120s subs this round, though wondering whether longer (300s) isn't better for these objects. In any event, a fun project, and the meteor shower was still going strong. With warm nights and such a dark sky, it was an amazing night all around. If it wasn't for a pesky job and unsupervised children at home, a second night would have been even better!

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