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• RA: ~05:35
• Dec: ~-3.5
• Magnitude: various
• Distance: 1600 ly
• Constellation:  Orion

• Scope: 300 mm Olympus lens at f/5.6
• Autoguider:  ST-4 in average mode
• Sky conditions:  good transparency and good seeing
• Film: Kodak Supra 400
• Exposure:  2 x 30 minutes
• Date:  November 1, 2002

Comments:  This was a clear but cold night (low near 20F) with a fairly strong wind.  I had to set up very close to a building to block the wind.  The image is a composite of two taken of the belt and sword regions of Orion.  Visible near the belt stars are the Flame and Horsehead nebulas.  Near the bottom is the famous Orion nebula.  Above that can be seen the blue Running Man nebula and the open cluster NGC1981.  In the upper left corner the small, blue, and fuzzy object is M78.