Perkil8r Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Well August has been pretty bad for weather in some respects yet we still had more than enough clear skies for some folks to grab some great images. There are too many to list them all so I shall just list the "stand out" images from each catagory. Comets, Asteroids, Meteors & Meteorites. Perseids were caught by Morris Oxford, Johnnyaardvark and Ibbo. The stand out one for me here is Ibbo's bright one here: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10598-last-nights-perseids/?p=115748 I saw this one myself naked eye and it was pretty incredible. Deep Space Objects. Antares Paul captured a nice shot of M31 and companions here: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10582-windows-10-astro-laptop-test/?p=115359 Alan The Plumber caught the Veil in Mono here: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10569-veil-nebula-witches-broom-in-ha/?p=115237 StuartJPP produced a great image of vdb150 here: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10619-vdb-150/?p=115719 Lunar. Brady gave his QHY5L a first light with a nice section of Moon here: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10660-1st-lunar-with-the-qhy5l/?p=116238 It’s a good job Ibbo doesn’t “do the Moon†otherwise I might have to include this: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10625-i-still-dont-do-the-moon/?p=115749 Planetary. Werisit is the only person to have done any this month and this I feel is the better of the two he has done of Venus: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10570-venus-today-and-sun/?p=115246 Solar. A fair few to look at here this month, all from the Sun Duo Ibbo and Philjay. Most of which are very good but the following two I feel are the best of the bunch: Ibbo - http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10562-sol-8-8-2015-fd-ha/?p=115178 Philjay - http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10589-sun-12-08-15-selection-ha-and-wl/?p=115458 Widefield. Philjay caught the tail of Cygnus nicely: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10583-tail-of-the-swan/?p=115363 Glider showed off how good his foreign skies are with this: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10590-anglesey-dark-skies/?p=115462 StevenWhatley captured a rather nice Milky Way: http://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/10614-milkyway-elac-perseids-party/?p=115683 After a great deal of thought and looking through and comparing apples and oranges as not many can be equally compared due to the varied subject matter I have decided on a winner. This months PoTM goes to StuartJPP. The clarity of this image is what won it over for me, that and the fact it is done with a DSLR proving you don’t need a CCD to do some really top quality imaging. Also refreshing to see a “new†and unusual target. It must be noted though that all those listed above came very close. Well done Stuart and thanks to all who submitted images during August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 A worthy winner, well done Stuart :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Well done Stuart and all that entered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Fantastic image as always Stuart. Well done everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 nice one well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Congratulations to all, some fantastic images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 nice write up Mike well done Stuart a worthy winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StevenWhatley Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Another amazing Image Stuart!!!! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Cheers Mike, nice one Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Great image Stuart well done and congrats to every one Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks for the great write-up and well done to all for getting out there... but especially to Stuart. Super image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_Paul Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Congrats Stuart. Great image! A nice selection of stuff to drool over. Kudos to everyone who managed to get out. Roll on the cooler/darker months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartJPP Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oops...sorry everyone, totally I missed a month somewhere, last time I looked on POTM Steven won it! A belated thanks for the comments. A great selection of images to choose from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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