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Luminance data taken on September 25, 2006 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California
RGB data taken on June 25, 2005 from Fremont Peak State Park near San Juan Bautista, California
Luminance data: Stinger
450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6)
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Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1
Finger Lakes CM10 MaxCam imaging camera operated at -20C
Robofocus
Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel
SBIG ST7E guide camera
Six exposures of 20 minutes: no filter used
Luminance: Two hours exposure time
RGB Data: Astro-Physics
AP180EDT f/9
Astro-Physics AP180EDT f/9 imaging scope
Finger Lakes IMG6303E imaging camera at -35C
Astro-Physics AP80/900mm guide scope
SBIG ST7E guide camera
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO Mount
Finger Lakes CFW7 Filter wheel
Optec IR-Blocking RGB Filters (50mm unmounted)
Robofocus
six exposures of 10 minutes through Red filter
Four exposures of 10 minutes through Green and Blue filters
RGB: Two hours twenty minutes exposure time
Total LRGB image exposure time: four hours 20 minutes