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Ha only
Taken on October 3, 2003 at Fremont Peak State Park near San Juan Bautitista, Ca.
Astro-Physics Traveler f/6 with Astro-Physics 0.75X Telecompressor (F=457.5mm total, f/4.5)
SBIG ST10XME Imaging Camera at -18deg C. Unguided
Astro-Physics AP900GTO mount
Finger Lakes Instrumentation DF2 Digital Focuser
Finger Lakes Instrumentation CFW1 Filter Wheel
30 exposures of one minute through Schuler Hydrogen Alpha filter (9nm FWHM) (30 minutes Ha)
30 exposures of 20 seconds through Optec IR-Blocking LRGB filters (10 minutes Red, 10 minutes Green, 10 minutes Blue)
Total exposure = one hour
Maxim 3.20 used for image capture
Sigma pre-beta 11 used for darks, biases, flats, combines
Photoshop 7 used for final adjustments
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