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Date/Location March 8, 2026 and February 15, 2015 KEASA Observatory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings Wide field - Celestron Origin Home Observatory ; Narrow field - SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD Camera -10°C
Telescope Celestron Origin and 8-inch f/8 Ritchey–Chrétien Cassegrain (with 0.8x focal reducer/field flattener yielding f/6.4)
Mount Wide field - Celestron Origin with Equatorial Wedge; Narrow field - Paramount ME
Exposure Wide field - 530s; Narrow field - 60 minutes (6 x 10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Images Plus 5.75, Photoshop CS5
Other Mag. 6.2 open cluster in Puppis with 80 stars 8th magnitude and fainter. Wide field shot with Opolong L-eNhance filter.
M93
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