A Horse is a Horse, of course of course...

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Sorry, couldn't resist the title song from Mr. Ed.

Must be spring racing carnival or something as horses are popping up everywhere! Here's my first crack at this ol' chestnut. Shot on a rare clear night from the burbs in Melbourne.

24 x 10 mins (4hrs crikey!) SBIG OSC with IDAS filter in place, darks etc.

I know, I know - it's another cliche image, but I've ticked that box now.
Time to move on to fresh targets.

Anyway, thanks for looking.

Andy

[Forgey (Paula)]

Nice Andrew, lots of detail in there.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Great colours-very nice image, Andrew!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

Sorry, couldn't resist the title song from Mr. Ed.

Must be spring racing carnival or something as horses are popping up everywhere! Here's my first crack at this ol' chestnut. Shot on a rare clear night from the burbs in Melbourne.

24 x 10 mins (4hrs crikey!) SBIG OSC with IDAS filter in place, darks etc.

I know, I know - it's another cliche image, but I've ticked that box now.
Time to move on to fresh targets.

Anyway, thanks for looking.
Andy

That's showing some good detail Andrew!

And don't beat yourself up over imaging this region, it's a right of passage for all us imagers.

Also a great standard candle we can check against other images to see how well we are going.

Cheers,

Justin.

[kosh]

Very nice Andy. I had a go at this on sat night but I didn't get enough data and too much noise when stretched. So this is something for me to look at anyway

[Meru (Michael)]

Very nice! The perks of an OSC good job on the processing and length of exposure. That's how DSO imaging should be

[Jo41 (Jo)]

Wow, this is a great shot! I love it!! I dream of takng shots like this one day! And Mr Ed was one of my favourite tv shows when i was a kid. Groovy!

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Very nice Andrew. I wonder how many readers remember Mr Ed?

[Jon (Jonathan)]

Don't underplay it - I reckon this composition is about as good as it gets in terms of the strange beauty of the night sky ...

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Folks, you're all very kind, thanks for the encouragement!

Jo41, of course you can do this too - hey, I only started doing AP 18 months ago, still lots to learn! The folks on this forum are wonderfully supportive.

Cheers

Andy

[scagman (John)]

Hi Andy,

Yep another horsie, but its all most a compolsury taget. Yours is another good looking image and well framed. The detail you have captured is amazing.
Also images like these help beginners get into the hobby as it shows what beginners can achieve.

Cheers

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

That's pretty impressive!
I remember Champion the Wonderhorse better then Mr ED.
Good work
Graham

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

An excellent effort.

[MGTechDVP (Mariusz)]

That looks fantastic, well done. I dont think this image belongs in the beginners section.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

That's very kind of you MGTechDVP but I don't even own a mono camera!
But thanks for the endorsement.

[DavidNg (David)]

Look really nice to me Andrew. Wish one day I can have similar image.

[dutch2 (Ingrid)]

Just gorgeous.
Amazing detail, well done.