M42 "Orion Nebula", in Orion, photographed from St. John's  on November 1, 2007 by Chris Stevenson, in the crisp, cold quietude 2-3:30am, from our East End backyard, a few hours after the Hallowe'en kiddies packed it in and the clouds moved off. Canon EOS 350D (unmodified) at ISO1600, Registax-combined exposures taken through an equatorially- tracking 8" LX200 after careful focusing on the Pleiades, "The Gimp"-adjusted levels.  Sum of eighten 10 sec. exposures.  You can tell from the lack of red H-alpha that my Digital Rebel still has its stock IR-cutoff filter.

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