346 Hermentaria and the Lagoon Nebula

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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.

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