Northlume
Hudson · Orion

The belt

Deep field from a dark valley.

Northlume Orion is the imaging house — long nights under a clean meridian, glass aimed at the winter belt.

Orion Station 41.30° N · 73.98° W Hudson

The house

Orion

Hudson

The hall is timber and concrete, low against the ridge. There is almost no town light. The constellation that names us rises early and stays.

We make deep stills, not spectacle. Integration measured in hours. The print should feel like standing outside, not like a poster of space.

Selected observations

Recent plates

Primary

A metre-class primary under inspection light. The rings are the figure.

2025 · Mirror study

Meridian Arcs

Star trails as quiet circles above the hall roof.

2024 · Night, long exposure

Practice

What this house keeps.

Deep stills

Narrow and wide-field plates of winter constellations, printed on fibre and rag.

Instrument halls

Quiet buildings for glass — thermal mass, no glare, doors that seal against dew.

Print room

Silver and pigment work from the same negatives. Editions are small.

Visiting

Write before you travel.

Hours

Clear nights only, by appointment

Address

Highlands Instrument Hall
Hudson Valley

No public lighting on the approach. We send a map.

Inquire at Orion

Letters are read by the house, not a desk in another city.

We read every letter. If the night is clear, we write back.