M97 Owl Nebula in Halpha and [OIII] from Stinger 450 Classical Cassegrain, FLI CM10 and Baader Planetarium Emission Line Filters

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taken on January 18 and 19, 2008 from my backyard in Castro Valley, Ca

Red = [Halpha 

Green = [OIII]

Blue = [OIII] + Hbeta, Hbeta approximated as 0.2* Halpha

Stinger 450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6)  

Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1

(binned 2x2, image scale = 0.84 arc-sec/pixel at capture)

Finger Lakes CM10 MaxCam imaging camera operated at -25C

Robofocus

Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel

SBIG ST7E guide camera

Baader Planetarium Ha filter (50.8 mm diameter)

Baader Planetarium [OIII] filter (50.8mm diameter)

12 exposures of 10 minutes through Halpha filter

18 exposures of 10 minutes through [OIII]

5 hours total exposure time

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