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Taken on March 11, 2005 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California
Compact Collapsible Cassegrain 18" @f/12.60 (F=5760mm), image scale = 0.49 arc-sec/pixel
ST10XME camera @-30C
FLI CFW1 Filter wheel
Optec IR-Blocked Blue filter
13 exposures of 10 minutes (binned 2x2)
Two hours ten minutes total exposure time