3C461 Cassiopeia A in Halpha and [OIII] from Stinger 450 Classical Cassegrain and FLI CM10ME with Custom Scientific filters

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Taken on Sept 10 and 13, 2007 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California

Red = Halpha

Green = [OIII]

Blue = [OIII] + 0.3* Halpha (to simulate Hbeta)

Stinger 450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6)  

Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1

Finger Lakes CM10 MaxCam imaging camera operated at -25C

Robofocus

Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel

SBIG ST7E guide camera

Custom Scientific 4.5nm FWHM Ha filter (50mm diameter)

Custom Scientific 4.5nm FWHM [OIII] filter (50mm diameter)

four exposures of 30 minutes through Halpha filter

seven exposures of 30 minutes through [OIII]

five and one half hours total exposure time

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