Exposure: |
Taken 7-5-03. 45 minutes on hypered Tech Pan. |
Location: |
Williams Ranch - the El Paso Astronomy Club's dark sky site near Cornudas, TX. |
Processing: |
Levels, curves adjusted in Photoshop. |
Equipment: |
Meade 10" SCT working at f/6.5.
Losmandy G-11 Gemini mount.
Lumicon GEG with focal reducer.
ST-4 Autoguider on a 90mm Celestron guidescope. |
Notes: |
While this picture was taken, minor planet (asteroid) 346 Hermentaria was passing
through the nebula. View a short animation of the event.
This photo was published in the January 2004 Astronomy Magazine. |