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Taken on April 10, 11, 12, 2008 from my backyard in Castro Valley, Ca.
Stinger
450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6) ![]()
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1
Finger Lakes IMG1024S "Dream Machine imaging camera operated at -37C
Robofocus
Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel
Custom Scientific 4.5nm [SII], Halpha and [OIII] filters
SBIG ST7E guide camera
12 exposures of 10 minutes though Halpha filter
12 exposures of 10 minutes through [SII] filter
12 exposures of 10 minutes through [OIII] filter
6 hours total exposure time