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taken on December 23, 2009 from my ranch in the California Gold Country under a first quarter moon
Pentax 6x7 400mm f/4 ED(IF) camera lens used at f/4
Finger Lakes CFW 7 filter wheel
Finger Lakes PDF
Finger Lakes Microline ML8300 camera operated at -25C with RBI annihilator enabled
Optec 50mm IR Blocking RGB filters (ca ~2002)
Custom Scientific 4.5nm emission line filters
Takahashi FCT 76 guide scope with Takahashi rings
SBIG ST7ME guide camera
AP1200GTO mount
18 x 5 minutes Red, Green
24 x 5 minutes Blue
12 x 10 minutes Halpha
7 hours total exposure (taken in one session)