Perkil8r Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 And so the baton passes to me for this month. Not an ideal month for imaging things astronomy some may say due to weather and lack of real darkness but yet there are plenty of images to behold. As always, I shall not mention every photo posted, there are forums for that sort of browsing, instead I shall note the best image (in my opinion) from each qualifying category followed by naming this months winner. Deep Space Objects (DSOs) - A very nice first light for Graham (Bassinghamobservatory) capturing M51 in quite fine detail. Lunar - Dean Watson gave us a nice triplet of close-up images of The Moon, my favorite and IMO the best of the three showing Rupes Recta in all it's glory here: Planetary - David (Bottletopburly) caught a couple of planets, Mars and Saturn. Saturn just had the edge I think: Solar - This gave me a headache as there are so many great images this month from the usual suspects plus now Graham entering the mix with his new Lunt. It came down to one composite image for me though from Philjay from the 19th: Widefield - Graham snapped a nice Sunset with the H2O nebulae showing well: Winner: - And so for a winner....... It's close, very close indeed but when I first saw it I liked it a lot. The image scale is nice, the framing is perfect and the colours well balanced. The winner is Graham (Bassinghamobservatory) and his splendid M51 Whirlpool galaxy. All in all a nice collection of images this month. Apologies to the many who I did not mention, as I say, no point listing every image here, I do urge all to go have a look back through the forums to see a fine crop for July. Congratulations to all who made the shortlist, any one of them could have won for any number of reasons but I had to pick one and M51 just had that little edge for me this month. philjay and Bottletopburly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Well done Graham, cracking M51! Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 A very worthy winner, well done Graham Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Well done Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Well deserved win this month Graham - very nice M51 - congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinghamobservatory Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Many thanks Mike and to all for your comments. Rather surprised to have this accolade with the first image I have submitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 A super selection of images there Mike and a fine choice for this months winner. Well done Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Congratulations and well done to all, keep em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 congrats on pom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Well done Graham against stiff competition ? M51 image is a cracker! So keep em coming... cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Nicely done Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I like all of these shots but have to be un-original and say M51 is my favourite. I'd like to see someone try a guided exposure of Saturn's moons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Watson Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Very fine image. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) Well done on PoTM Graham. One of my fave objects and you have done it justice. Thanks to Mike for the round up as well. Edited August 4, 2016 by BAZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Congratulations Graham. Some exquisite detail and lovely colours in that M51 pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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