Ha OIII SII Mix
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SII Ha OIII Mix (like Hubble's Pillars of Creation)
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Image taken on July 1, 2003 at Fremont Peak State Park, California near San Juan Bautista, California
Takahashi FSQ106 imaging scope at f/5 (530mm focal length)
SBIG ST10XME imaging camera at -18C
Self guided via ST10XME
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount
Finger Lakes Instrumentation CFW1 filter wheel
Custom Scientific Emission Line filters
[SII]: 673.4nm assigned to Blue
Ha: 656.3nm assigned to Red
[OIII]: 500.7nm assigned to Green
Finger Lakes Instrumentation DF2 digital Focuser
Custom FSQ/DF2/CFW/ST10 mounting kit
Three exposures of one half hour each through [SII], Ha, [OIII] filters. Total exposure of 4.5 hours
Maxim DL 3.10 used for image capture, processing
Sigma Beta 10 used for combining darks, biases, flats, lights
Photoshop 7.0 used for final touchup