Date Taken: 11/23/2009
Location: Cupertino, CA
Telescope: Orion EON 120mm f/7.5 ED Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Camera: Orion StarShoot Deep Space Monochrome Imaging Camera III
Processing: Captured and combined in MaxIm DL 5, additional processing in Photoshop 7, H-alpha for luminance and red, OIII for green and blue.
Exposure: 12x20 minutes H-alpha and 12x20 minutes OIII
Other Equipment Used: Orion StarShoot AutoGuider, Orion SteadyStar Adaptive Optics Guider, 1.25 inch Orion H-Alpha Extra-Narrowband Filter, 1.25 inch Orion Oxygen-III Extra-Narrowband Filter
Notes: Captured and combined in MaxIm DL 5, additional processing in Photoshop 7, H-alpha for luminance and red, OIII for green and blue.