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taken on September 1, 2003 from my backyard in Castro Valley, Ca.
Celestron C14 imaging scope @ f/11 (F=3910mm)
Finger Lakes Instrumentation IMG1024S imaging camera @-30C
RCOS Optical Systems Dichroic Beam Splitter
SBIG ST7E Guide camera controlling
SBIG AO7 Adaptive Optics System
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount
Finger Lakes Instrumentation CFW1 Color Filter wheel
Custom Scientific Narrowband Emission Line Filters
Hydrogen alpha 656.3nm 3nm FWHM
[Oxygen III] 500.7nm 3nm FWHM
Ha = Red
[OIII] = Green
[OIII] = Blue
Six exposures of twenty minutes each through both filters. Total exposure time 4 hours
Maxim DL 3.20 used for image acquisition, calibration, DDP, color combination
CCDSOFT 5.00.071 used for guiding/AO7 control
SIGMA Prebeta 11 used for darks, flats and image stacking