Lenses:Color: Nikon 300ED @ f/4.5 (with Lumicon Minus Violet filter)
Ha: Takumar 300 f/4
Cameras: Color: Canon XS (Hutech modified); Raw capture; ISO 800
Ha: SBIG ST-8300 w/Astronomik 12nm filter
Mount: Losmandy G-11 (color); Atlas (Ha)
Guiding: SSAG on 50mm guide scope
Exposures: Color: 12 @ 5 min; Ha: 20 @ 7.5 min.
Processing: Color images were aligned and combined with ImagesPlus. Ha images were aligned and combined in CCDSoft. The color and Ha images were aligned with RegiStar before being combined and adjusted in Photoshop. Topaz Detail and DeNoise were later applied..
Location: My backyard observatory in southeastern Minnesota.