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Taken on September 4, 2005 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California
Pentax Takkumar 150mm f/2.8 medium format camera lens stopped down to f/4
Finger Lakes CM10XME imaging camera operated at -26C
Custom made camera mounting frame
Finger Lakes DF2 Digital Focuser
Finger Lakes CFW7 Filter wheel
Takahashi FCT-76 guide scope
SBIG ST7E guide camera
Custom Scientific 3nm Ha filter (50mm unmounted)
three exposures of 30 minutes for Halpha
one and a half hours total exposure time