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Date Taken: 12/31/2014
Photographer: Tim Smith
Location: Glen Burnie, MD
Telescope: Orion ShortTube 80-A Refractor Telescope
Other Mount: Meade LXD75
Other Camera: Nikon D5100
Processing: DeepSky Stacker and GIMP
Exposure: 13X35
Notes: On first night out with this scope. 400- 13X35 exposures Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker Unfiltered and lots of urban sky + moon Lot of manipulation via GIMP but surprising result

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