Constellations

Orion

This is the full constellation of Orion showing M42, M43 etc.  The brown blob at the bottom left of this image is the top of a telephone pole at the bottom of my garden.  It's about 12 metres from the camera.

Canon 300D
Canon EFS lens 55mm
ISO 800
16x30s
f5.6
Piggyback on LX90
05jan2005 2140-2150UT
Registax Photoshop

You can see some of my close-ups of M42 here

If you're lost(!), have a look at the map here that details this area of the sky. (Courtesy : Software Bisque, The Sky)

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia; circumpolar (Northern Hemisphere) constellation.  Forming a W shape.

The same view as above but with principal stars labelled.  Note Messier Object 103 (M103) can just be seen.

Canon 300D
Canon EFS lens 55mm f5.6
ISO 1600 1x139s
Piggyback on LX90
18oct2004 1920UT
PSP