The picture is a stack of 223 images, each a 300 second exposure, taken from a garden observatory in Por t ugal during 2019. In the after image, these imperfections were not removed with Photoshop specifically, but greatly reduced with a series of computer software packages that included Astro Pixel Processor, DeepSkyStacker, and PixInsight. APOD's email for image submissions has changed.
Please see: APOD Submissions APOD's main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod Tomorrow's picture: cosmic latte.
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