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taken on Jan 1, 2010 under a full moon from my ranch in the California Sierra Gold Country
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 Blue filter (ca ~2002)
Takahashi FCT 76 guide scope with Takahashi rings
SBIG ST7ME guide camera
AP1200GTO mount
20 x 5 minutes Blue
1 hour 40 minutes total exposure