Ha OIII SII Mix
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SII Ha OIII Mix (like Hubble's Pillars of Creation)
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Taken on June 28, 2003 from my backyard in Castro Valley, Ca.
Takahashi FSQ106 imaging scope 530mm focal length (f/5)
SBIG ST10XME imaging camera operating at -22C
Astro Physics AP900GTO mount
Finger Lakes DF2 digital focuser
Finger Lakes CFW1 filter wheel
Custom Scientific Ha, [OIII], [SII] AR-coated emission line filters (3nm)
Three exposures of 30 minutes each through Ha and [OIII] filters
One exposure of 45minutes for [SII] (ran out of darkness!)
Red = Ha 656.3nm
Green = [OIII] 500.7nm
Blue = [SII] 672.4nm
Maxim DL 3.10 used for image capture and processing
Focus Max used for focuser control
Sigma Beta 10 used for darks, biases, flats and stacking light images
Photoshop 7.0 used for final adjustments