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This image shows
            Scorpius rising on its side, with the claws on the upper left,
            and tail lower right. The stinger will be just north of the zenith
            in about 6 hours. The bright orange star to the right of center
            in Antares, the heart of the scorpion. Just below the tail, the
            large star cluster M7 can be seen clearly. 

            
 This is the
            second in a series of half a dozen shots I took on our first
            clear night while staying at our good friend Paul Tourney's home
            for a week. The moon was first quarter and the sky had a distinct
            bluish tint and was very bright from the moon and nearby Caboolture.
            None the less this image which is untracked on a simple tripod
            goes at least two magnitudes fainter than what we saw visually.
            And of course, few star colors were seen with the eye as well.

Lens:  Sigma 18 - 200 @ f/5.6
Camera:  Canon 10D @ ISO800
Mount:  Camera Tripod
Exposure:  30s
Filters:  None
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6800 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Maxim DL, PixInsight, RawShooter Premium
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