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Date/Time:
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16 May 2010 - 00:39 PDT
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Location:
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Vanishing Point Observatory (OCA Anza Site)
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Scope/lens:
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Pentax 165mm lens @ f/2.4 with Star Filter
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Mount:
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Losmandy Titan 50
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Guider:
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SBIG STV
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Camera:
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Pentax 6x7 Vacuum Camera
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Media/Film:
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Kodak Ektachrome E200-200 (+1 push)
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Exposure:
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30 min.
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Brilliant, blue-white Vega, at magnitude 0.0, overshadows the other stars
in the compact constellation of Lyra (lyre or harp). Vega is one
of the anchors of the Summer Triangle along with Deneb and Altair. |
