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    Technical Information: M17

  1. Photographer: Ron Irby
  2. Location: Suburban Gainesville, Florida
  3. Date Taken: July 18, 1999
  4. Time Taken: 01:24 EDT (05:24 UT)
  5. Sky Conditions: Faintest naked eye star +4.0
  6. Camera Type: Pixcel 237 CCD Camera
  7. Telescope: Celestron 8-in. SCT, Model Celestar 8 Deluxe Computerized
  8. Telescope Configuration: Fastar mode Focal Length 396 mm, at f/1.95 Filter: Red, Green, Blue and clear
  9. Exposure Time: 4x30 second exposures through each color filter. Gray scale image 4x30 second exposures. Exposures combined using CCDOPS and Photoshop software.

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