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 During a recent
            Schmidt camera montage project, this image was taken piggyback
            on the instrument, thus doubling up on the imaging data for the
            evening.  Although the camera has not been modified for extended
            red response, the shot does indeed record numerous emission nebulosities
            at the top of the frame. This image shows the stinger of the
            scorpion as the two bright stars to the right of center, with
            the rest of the tail below. M6 is at the top of the frame, and
            M7 upper left. Note the orange star with the white companion
            to the left of the stinger, that's G Scorpii and the globular
            cluster NGC6441, a very spectacular pairing begging to be shot
            with a longer Fl.

            
Processing notes:

            
Removed the omnipresent
            yellow hue produced by Canon cameras in long exposures, and corrected
            the color of the HII regions to red rather than magenta that
            was recorded.

Instrument:  Canon 100 - 400L @ 100mm f/5.6
Platform:  Homemade GEM
Camera:  Canon 10D @ ISO800
Exposure:  2 x 8m
Filters:  None
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6800 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  10/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  50F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS, PixInsight, Canon Raw
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