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Published: January 2, 2012 at 1:37 pm

Martin Reeve

Yeovil, Somerset

William Optics ED80 with Ikharus field flattener/focal reducer, moded 350D dslr on a Sky Watcher eq3 mount

A favourite object of mine visually to try and tease out the brighter areas of nebula which look beautiful in an image.

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