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selected as Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 10, 2005
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Taken on August 5 and 6th, 2005 from my backyard in Castro Valley, 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
Takahashi FCT-76 guide scope
SBIG ST7E guide camera
Custom made camera mounting frame
Custom Scientific 3nm Ha filter (50mm unmounted)
Custom Scientific 3nm [OIII] filter (50mm unmounted)
four exposures of 30 minutes for Halpha
four exposures of 20 minutes for [OIII]
seven exposures of 30 minutes for [SII]
Six hours 50 minutes total exposure time