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M3

12.4.2002 at about 0h30 local time

From my backyard (300 m of motorway... which are illuminated all night in Belgium, so heavy light pollution)

LX200 (8 in) F/10 equatorial mode
CCD MX916  Starlight Xpress, capture with AstroArt
Moderate wind, 5 deg C temperature
10 images of 15 seconds each
4 images stacked, alignement via correlation and
addition.
No dark nor flat
Moderate treatment via DDP