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Galaxy Group - Hickson 10 with Asteroid Trail
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Galaxy group, Hickson 10, in Andromeda with asteroid trail from Asteroid 4820 Fay (see Comments below)

  Telescope (Photo) Celestron 8" EdgeHD OTA @ f/7 on Losmandy G-11 Mount 
  Telescope (Guiding) Astro-Tech 72mm Refractor @ f/12 on Losmandy G11 Mount 
  Camera (Photo) Canon 50Dh DSLR Camera (Hutech modified) using ImagesPlus 5.75 Camera Control
  Camera (Guiding) SBIG ST-i w/PHD2 Guiding 
  Exposure Detail 22 images at 300 seconds each, ISO3200; RAW file conversion, full calibration (flat, dark, bias, flat-dark), and initial image processing using ImagesPlus 6.0; final image processing using Photoshop CS5.1
  Location Private Property at Chiefland Astronomy Village, Florida
(N29.406, W82.860)
  Date 11/18/2014
  Comments Asteroid 4820 Fay - discovered 1985 by Carolyn Shoemaker, named for female aviator Fay Gillis Wells.