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Frank Barrett took an outstanding image of the Cone and the Christmas Tree Cluster. We didnt' get it in time for the challenge, but here it is.<BR><BR>On Feb 19, 2010, Frank took this photo of the Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster from his observatory in Gastonia, NC. He used a Meade 10” LX200R, with a 2800mm focal length, at f/11. The exposure 40 minutes using an SBIG STL-11000M camera. His mount is a Losmandy G11 with an Ovision worm upgrade.<BR>
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I have also posted this on the Club Forum.<BR>
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Fred<BR>
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