The constellation Orion, with the whole Barnard Loop. The original image is largerly cropped, due to some clouds below Orion that "enhanced" light pollution.

Exposure : three 20 min. negatives scanned with Polaroid Sprintscan 35+, blended in Picture Window 2.5 Pro and enhanced with Photoshop 4.0


Lens : Olympus 50mm at F/4 piggybacked on a Losmandy G11


Guiding : ST4 on a Vixen 80/910mm.


Film : unhypered Kodak Ektapress PJ400


Location : Champorcher (Val d'Aosta) - 1800mt. height


Date : February 18, 2001