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Taken on February 19, 2006 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California
Finger Lakes IMG6303E imaging camera operated at -26C
Mark I series II 450mm f/12.6 classical cassegrain operated at 5760mm focal length
Finger Lakes CFW-7 filter wheel
SBIG ST7ME guide camera operated at -20C
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider w/o reducer
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount
50mm FLI Research Grade Luminance filter
thirteen 10 minute exposures
two hours ten minutes total exposure time