Object: The Constellation Orion
Date: 1/28/06
Location: ASLC DSO site near Upham, NM.
Camera: Pentax 6x7medium format camera using a Pentax 105mm f/2.4 lens @ f/4.
Film:  120 Kodak E200 (pushed one stop)
Exposure: Single 60 minute exposure
Processing: Film processed and scanned at PDQ in Las Cruces
Mount: Meade 10" LX200 (piggyback platform)
Guiding: SC-1 modified webcam and GuideDog
Comments: The familiar shape of the constellation Orion (the hunter) lies partially hidden beneath glowing clouds of gas and dust in this long exposure photograph. Barnard's Loop, a semi-circle of glowing red hydrogen, lies to the left of Orion's belt. Inside the loop are the Orion, Running Man, Flame, and Horsehead Nebulae. The Rosette Nebula is also visible in the upper left of the image directly across from the bright orange star Betelgeuse.

© Dave Dockery 2006