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Figure 21. M57, the Ring Nebula in Lyra. This is one of the author’s first autoguided
images obtained with his Compustar 14 and the autoguider described in this article using a
focal ratio of f/11. This image shows that despite the C14’s impressive focal length of 3900
mm, the Ring Nebula, measuring only 230 arcseconds, takes up only a small portion of the
image. The image was acquired with an unmodified Canon 20D DSLR as the imaging
camera, a Meade DSI as the guiding camera, and an off-axis guider. The image was taken
from Portland, Oregon, on 7/4/2010 at 8:14 UT. It is composed of 80 (yes, 80) 30-second
sub-exposures for a total exposure of 40 minutes at ISO 800. This is shown for comparison
to Figure 22.
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