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Taken at Fremont Peak, California 11/30-12/1/2008
Orion Premium 190mm F/5.3 Maksutov-Newtonian OTA
Astro-Physics 900GTO
Orion StarShoot Pro
29 x 480 second exposures
Guiding Orion StarShoot AutoGuider and 100mm f/6 refractor
MaxIm DL 4.58 and Adobe Photoshop 7.1
On January 6th 2009, this image was awarded Editors’ Choice by “Sky and Telescope” Magazine in their online gallery.