Canis Major

 

        This is "The Great Dog" or better known as the constellation Canis Major is found southeast of Orion.  The brilliant star Sirius to the right is the brightest in the southern sky at a magnitude -1.4.  Also found in Canis Major is the pretty open star cluster M41 to the right of center.

 
Optics Camera Film Exposure Mount/Guiding Scanning Processing Location Date
105mm f2.8 @ f4 Nikon F PPF 400

2 x 10 min.,

10 min. with diffusion filter

 G11 piggybacked on 10" SCT; unguided Minolta Scan Dual II Levels/Curves in PS7; Stacked in Registar; Grain reduction in Neat Image Inyokern, CA 1/24/04

Comments: Poor seeing.  Some thin high clouds coming and going.