Each of the red, green, and blue images is a combination of 3 images, each of 480 seconds The images were taken with a Pictor 1616 with a Pictor 616 filter wheel attached to an Meade 10" F/4.85 telescope. A Pictor 201XT was attached to an ETX for guiding. Meade Red, Green, and Blue filters were used. Each of the images was corrected with a dark frame and a flat field
A 0.63x focal reducer was used to reduce the focal length from 1600mm to 1231mm.