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M101, NGC5474, Holmberg IV, SN2023ixf May 2023, Michael Rex
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M101, NGC5474, Holmberg IV, SN2023ixf May 2023

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M101, NGC5474, Holmberg IV, SN2023ixf May 2023, Michael Rex
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M101, NGC5474, Holmberg IV, SN2023ixf May 2023

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M101 region, 7 hours on May 12 and 14, 1 hour (post-SN) on May 22.  Stacked in PI WBPP, processed in StarTools 1.9 alpha preview.

Averaging and rejection of pre and post SN subs did not erase SN2023ixf, but resulted in a peculiar color (orange!) and a small edge artifact.  Thus, star aligned LRGB stacks from only the 22nd were used to correct that and blend it back in properly with a layer operation, revealing the nice blue-white that it was presenting on that night.  Seasonal May Gray prevented further SN acquisition so that a nice result of only post-SN could be stacked, and I was probably lucky to get the one clear hour that I did.

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M101, NGC5474, Holmberg IV, SN2023ixf May 2023, Michael Rex

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