Another Melbourne Cup entry....

[Peter Ward]

Inspired by John and Steve's excellent thoroughbreds..I decided to target that part of the sky on what is a rare event of late....clear skies

My mere 45 minute offering can be seen here but will be built upon should more clear nights bless Sydneytown..

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Wow - that's pretty incredible for only 45 minutes Peter.

Cheers

Steve

[h0ughy (David)]

a bit more time and i bet you would find the nags legs, so its at a bit of a handicap at the moment. so much to see

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Wow - that's pretty incredible for only 45 minutes Peter.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve, I think it will smooth out considerably with about 4 hours.
That said, I'm quite pleased with the pristine stars to the edge.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

a bit more time and i bet you would find the nags legs, so its at a bit of a handicap at the moment. so much to see

Ta Dave...yep a spectacular area of the Sky, no wonder the punters, self included, frequent this field

[LewisM]

Best I have ever goten on the HH - mine was 1hr 05 minutes through a Vixen FL102S refractor, using a DSLR...

http://imageshack.us/f/441/horseheadnebula2.png/

I plan on building on it. Tonight MAY be good. I'd like 2 hrs minimum on it.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Superb, Peter!

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Larryp

Superb, Peter!

Thanks Laurie.... must admit it would have taken 3 hours to get the same flux with my AP155.

Decided to play with the data a bit.... here is a 60% sized crop

AP really have done a great job with these optics

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Thanks Laurie.... must admit it would have taken 3 hours to get the same flux with my AP155.

Decided to play with the data a bit.... here is a 60% sized crop

AP really have done a great job with these optics

Typical AP-the very best!

[Ross G]

Amazing detail for one exposure Peter.

Ross.