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Taken June 11, 2005 from Fremont Peak State Park, near San Juan Bautista, California
Pentax Takumar 200mm f/4 medium format camera lens
Finger Lakes IMG6303E imaging camera operated at -35C
Finger Lakes DF2 Digital Focuser
Finger Lakes CFW7 Filter wheel (first light testing!)
Takahashi FCT-76 guide scope
SBIG ST7E guide camera
Custom made camera mounting frame (first light testing!)
Custom Scientific 3nm Ha filter (50mm unmounted)
Optec IR-Blocking Green and Blue filters (50mm unmounted)
four exposures of 15 minutes for Halpha
six exposures of 5 minutes for Blue
ten exposures of 3 minutes for Green
Two hours total exposure time