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comparison shot (Isaac Newton Telescope)
Comparison shot (Stan Moore's RGB image)
Shot in my backyard in Castro Valley, Ca on June 29 and 30, 2005
Compact Collapsible Cassegrain 18" @f/12.60 (F=5760mm)
IMG6303E camera @-35C
AO7 @ 10Hz
Image scale = 0.64 arc-sec/pixel
RCOS Dichroic beam splitter
ST10XME guide camera
FLI CFW1 Filter wheel
Astrodon 6nm [OIII] filter
22 exposures of 10 minutes through [OIII] filter binned 2x2
Three hours and forty minutes total exposure time