Red = [SII], Green = Halpha, Blue = [OIII]
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Taken on July 8, 14 and 15, 2006 from my backyard in Castro Valley, California
Stinger 450 Classical Cassegrain (18" f/12.6)
Lumicon Giant Easy Guider with Focal reducer for final: F= 3366mm, f/7.1
Finger Lakes CM10 MaxCam imaging camera operated at -26C
Robofocus
Finger Lakes CFW1 Filter wheel
SBIG ST7E guide camera
Custom Scientific 3nm FWHM Ha filter (50mm diameter)
Custom Scientific 3nm FWHM [OIII] filter (50mm diameter)
Custom Scientific 3nm FWHM [SII] filter (50mm diameter)
Four exposures of 30 minutes through Halpha
Six exposures of 30 minutes through [OIII]
Three exposures of 30 minutes through [SII]
Six and a half hours total exposure time