Beginner Noise reduction

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Hi,I've started taking long exposure photos around 10 minutes and one recently 35 minutes,should I have noise reduction off as I have to wait the same length of time for it to process,will Lightroom get rid of the noise if it was off.
 
IMO, it depends...
The long exposure NR function is "dark frame subtraction" (which is why it takes so long). The advantage of this is that it maps/removes sensor specific issues like hot pixels, which basic color/luminance NR in LR will not do so well.

I would say that you should do some testing to determine if/when there is a benefit to you.

BTW, those are rather long exposures... there might be another way of going about it that will minimize heat buildup/noise.
 
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