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taken on Feb 25, 2008 from my backyard in Castro Valley, Ca
and March 5, 2008 using PL3200 (backyard)
Stinger
450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6) ![]()
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1
(binned 2x2, image scale = 0.84 arc-sec/pixel at capture)
Finger Lakes CM10 MaxCam imaging camera operated at -25C
Finger Lakes PL3200 Proline imaging camera operated at -45C
Robofocus
Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel
SBIG ST7E guide camera
41 exposures of 5 minutes with no filter
40 exposures of 5 minutes with no filter using PL3200 camera at -45C combined with
26 exposures of 5 minutes with no filter using CM10 at -25C for a total of 5 hours 30 minutes