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The Imaging Team......
Several times a year a group of amatuer astronomers travel to the Hobbs observatory,

located near Fall Creek Wisconsin, To spend the weekend imaging the stars. The astronomer's who form Imstar are, Steve Messner, Bob Elliott, Paul Nelson, Keith Snyder, and Ashley Abby.
Steve Messner's 18" can be seen in the lower right corner of this photo, Hobbs observatory.

The equipment we use........
Steve Messner's 18"/ 8" newtonian reflector's.
Paul Nelson's 12" reflector, Star1 CCD camera, Star1 camera control software, ST7 CCD camera, with CCDOPPS for windows, and Megastar to find our way around the sky.