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Taken on April 19, 2006 from my backyard in Castro Valley, Ca
Finger Lakes CM10 imaging camera operated at -26C
Mark I series II 450mm f/12.6 classical cassegrain operated at 3345mm focal length (f/7.3)
Finger Lakes CFW-7 filter wheel
SBIG ST7E guide camera operated at -15C
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with reducer
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount
50mm Optec IR Blocking L filter
Eighteen exposures of 5 minutes through Luminance filter (binned 2x2)
one hour 30 minutes total exposure time