M42 and NGC1977

The Great Orion Nebula M42 and NGC1977
Telescope:	AP-130 at F/6 with Field Flattener
Film & Exposure:	Fuji400 Superia, Two 20 min exposures
Location:	My Driveway (Huntertown, IN), Moderate Light Pollution
Date:	Nov 27, 1998
Processing:	Two 20 min images stacked in Picture Window blend mode
	Scanned with HP Photosmart and VueSmart in 10 bit/color mode
	Levels adjusted in Photoshop 16 bit/color mode
	Stacked using Multipoint Feature of Picture Window; 30 points used
	Enhancement of low level light area by Curves
	Grain Reduction by 40% Light Mask + 10R Feather and Gaussian Blur of 16R + 51 Threshold