philjay Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Hi and welcome to another year of POTM and following what seems to have been a really cloudy/foggy round these parts month it's a wonder there has been chance for anyone to have got some pictures but some brave folks have so here goes: DSO Stash is getting the hang of guiding with his M81 & 82 image https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12605-m81m82-guiding-test/ plus he was out earlier in the month with a nice Rosette nebula and an M1 Crab https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12545-ngc2237-2017-01-02/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12547-m1-just-dss-no-ps2/ Ibbo has been busy with a set of DSOs, SH2-157 Lobster claw https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12581-sh2-157-in-ha/ then followed by his mosaic of said SH2-157 and the Bubble https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12585-2-pane-mosaic-of-lobster-claw-and-bubble/ the a bubble in HST colours https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12598-ngc-7635-hst-palette/ Thats good going to get that amount of data in a poor month like this one Steve. I still reckon your nocturnal Steve Graham gave us one that I havent heard of Berk 59 in Ha https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12590-berk-59/ Brady gave us a Rosette and Horse Head Sharpie78 gave us a Rosette here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12606-first-image-im-pretty-happy-with/ I even managed a DSO entry but cheated a bit by keeping warm and using some old data Lunar Only 3 entries this month One from me and one from Tbird of the actual moon https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12557-moon-4th-jan/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12571-moon-09-01-2017-from-nlas/ and one from Perkil8r with some moon dust prepping for Stargazing Live event at Long Eaton School. https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12569-luna-9012017-extreme-close-up/ Planets Only one entry and thats Tbirds Mars & Neptune shot https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12551-mars-and-neptune-02-01-2017/ Solar Well it was Ibbo all the way last month with 12, yes 12 images of the Sun in Ha with some super animations as well. It must be a microclimate where Steve lives, nice and sunny :-) My favourites out of his posts are:- 5th of January animation https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12561-sol-5-1-2017-ha-animation/ the proms are particularly striking in this. and the 25th January https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12608-sol-25-1-2017-ha/ its nice to see there's still a lot going on up there. Widefield Only one in this category, hey its Me I could not resist the Moon, Venus and Mars conjunction. So thanks for all the entries guys and now it falls to me to announce the first POTM of 2017. The image that made me go WOW was Ibbos Bubble in HST colours. Its depth and colours are excellent but the composition with the bubble, cluster and nebulosity just make it. I hope your going to print, frame it and hang it somewhere prominent Steve, it deserves it. https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12598-ngc-7635-hst-palette/ BAZ, Daz Type-R, +Ibbo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 It's great to have you back doing this Phil, thanks for a great round up. Congrats Steve, a very nice shot indeed. Well done to all who got anything captured! philjay and +Ibbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Thanks for the write up Phil, really good to have you back on POTM, saves people the agony of reading my waffle Congratulations to all who managed to get out and especially to Steve for producing some stunners, well done everybody, keep em coming. +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Excellent write up Phil. A top class image Steve which deserves to be on APOD. +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 thank you very much philjay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) Well done to you all. Very nice Steve. Well deserved. And a great write up from Phil. Edited February 2, 2017 by tuckstar +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Well done Steve and well deserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Well done Steve, was my favorite too +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Well done Steve great image I all ways look for ward to your images so I can go have a look for my self +Ibbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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