Orion's Sword

Date: 04/04/07    Time: 2130hrs   Location: Sunningwell   Temperature: 12ºC

Camera: Nikon D80 piggyback mounted on LX90   Lens: Nikkor 70-300mm F4.5 zoom at 300mm  ISO: 1000   Exposures: 10x 60 seconds  F-stop: 8   Guidance: Autoguided

Post-processing: dark-frame subtraction, light-frame stacking (average), field flattening, white and dark point setting, midtone enhancement with Photoshop.

 Comments:  Slight streaking of stars due to camera movement.

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