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Taken on April 29, 2007 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California
first light test on new primary mirror
Stinger
450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6) ![]()
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1
Finger Lakes CM10 MaxCam imaging camera operated at -25C
Robofocus
Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel
SBIG ST7E guide camera
Four exposures of 20 minutes: no filter used, NO FLATS
One hour and 20 minutes total exposure time