Orion Widefield

18:18 26/3/2005 UTC

I bought a new toy, Canon EOS 350D Digital SLR. Because of the moon and weather I have not been able to test it much, but still tried to capture something at least to learn how to use it. This image is a crop and resize from the M42 region. I think this is pretty good considering I needed some severe background compensation and because of the full moon rising. This image gives a good impression how large M42 really is.

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Camera: Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) | Telescope: Canon EF-S 18-55mm zoom objective | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Exposure: 104s f6.3 | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI)