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The telescope used for these 120 second V band exposures is a Takahashi Epsilon 250mm F/3.8 astrograph with a ST-8XE CCD camera mounted on a Paramount GT1100ME mount.
December 4th 2005
October 2nd 2006
September 19th 2007
October 8th 2007 - An animation of median combined images (5 x 120 seconds) using R, V and I filters
Click here to see another amateurs animation
The disappearing star at 06 38 35.3 +08 59 41.9 is the Mira variable RZ Mon with a spectral type of M6
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