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Galaxy M101 in Ursa Major-10 inch Meade SCT/ST237 ccd camera @ f3.3; LRRGB Image 55:15:8:10:10 min. exposures;06/2004 North Canton, Ohio
Notes:
15 minutes of full resolution red filtered luminance was added to the regular luminance to bring out the pink H2 regions in the spiral arms. Mild DDP processing was used to balance the bright weak areas and L-R deconvolution was applied to sharpen detail.