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Arcturus, Wesley Klehm
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Arcturus

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Arcturus

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A deep dive on this bright star.  My father in law doesn't have much interest in astronomy, but when asked what his favorite object was, it's emphatically the star Arcturus.  So for his birthday last year, i did a fairly long integration on this to really make it "shine".

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Arcturus, Wesley Klehm