Orion's 'Belt' and 'Sword' by Mike Crowle

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20 October 2007

Orion's 'Belt' and 'Sword'

Includes the Orion Nebula, M42, towards the bottom, and the Horsehead Nebula faintly visible towards the top left. Drifting cloud prevented a longer exposure on this occasion.

Canon EOS 20D ,Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 Sonnar M42
Lumicon Deep Sky Filter fitted. 3.5 min exposure at f4, 800 ISO. Camera piggybacked on a Celestron C8 telescope and manually guided. full exif

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