One for Mum

[Andy01]

When I was a little tacker about 8 or 9 y/o, I enjoyed looking out at the stars from my bedroom window.

One night my Mum joined me, and I remember her pointing out the Pleiades and telling me the story about how big bad ol' Orion would never catch those ladies.

I always liked that story :) and this has always been my favourite constellation.
Sadly, Mum passed away peacefully a few weeks back, after a fine innings at 93, so this one's for her. :love2:

Taken under dark skies at VicSouth, near Nhill in far west Vic.

Not the easiest of nights chasing some rare PA & Balance issues, so only managed 4 hours on this between 1-5am.

Probably needs double that and LRGB is not my usual deal, so this was a fun processing adventure as well. :D

Big noisy one here (http://www.astrobin.com/318173/)

[Atmos]

Really nice Andy, you've captured both the reflection and dusty areas very nicely :)

[RickS]

The small version looks good, Andy! More data required for the big one :)

[strongmanmike]

Nice one Andy, actually, to my eye it has Ricks PI processing hallmarks all over it ;) Great job from that far south too Andy! Good to see real normal looking images from you too :lol: :thumbsup:

Mike

[Andy01]

Thanks Colin, reckon you couldn’t drag any more dust out of that data with a Mack truck! Thanks for the feedback 😊



Agreed, Booked three nights at VicSouth, but the weather closed in after the first night (sigh) hopefully I can get back to a dark site this summer to add data. :thumbsup:



Thanks Mike. Going to a real dark site is a treat!
VicSouth is a 4.5 hr drive so it just had to be an LRGB target ;)
Never fear, you’ll see more “Andyfied” images in future - lol!
Glad you liked the pic :)

[gregbradley]

Lovely image and a great sentiment.

Greg.

[willik]

Nice image good colour and nebulosity Andy
Martin

[Camelopardalis]

Lovely tribute Andy, nice contrast with the blue and brown :thumbsup:

[PKay]

Free to travel the stars for all eternity...

[multiweb]

Nice deep field. Well done. :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Yes, a nice memory and a fitting tribute to ya mum Andy :)

Mike

[Andy01]

Thanks Greg, LRGB is not usually something I get to try very often, but when in Rome... :D



Cheers Martin - not the rarest of targets, but certainly a good processing challenge with a huge dynamic range. :thumbsup:



Hey thanks Dunk, I was referencing an APOD by Roberto Colombari for the colour - Mine is not as deep as his but it still turned out ok ;)



Hi Peter, hopefully Mum's snuggled up warm with my dad in Heaven :)



Thank Marc, I'm tempted to go even deeper if I can revisit a dark sky again this summer.



Thanks Mike - all those of us who have been there know it's a great loss, and we express our feelings however we can - I think Mum would have liked this one too ;)

[multiweb]

You should go to Astrofest. You'll get another 7 to 8 degrees on this one.

[leon]

Your Mum would be proud, a great image indeed.

Leon

[Placidus]

Well done, Andy. Special.

[markas]

Beautiful image, Andy! Love the colours.

Mark

[JA]

Beautifully done. The composition is wonderful :thumbsup:

Best
JA

[Paul Haese]

Despite the noise, I really like this one. The dust looks good and the reflection is well detailed too.

[Andy01]

Thanks very much Paul - hopefully I can add some more data to this image over summer. :question:

Thanks also to Leon, M&T, Mark & JA for your kind comments, much appreciated everyone!

Cheers :)

Andy