Picture of the Month March 2017

[philjay]

The skies were a little kinder to us in march as can be seen by more postings of pictures, lets hope the clouds keep away some more in April. So well done and thanks to all those who posted.

 

Deeps Sky

Ibbo gave us a nice close up of M42 with his Blackfly camera. Showing some nice detail.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12748-m42-with-the-blackfly/

 

Stash gave was making use of the galaxy season with a few including M96 and M101 and NGC2916. M101 is a firm favourite of mine and Clive captured it well.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12780-m96-and-friends-just-as-mr-b-came-up-from-below/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12779-ok-just-m101-and-friends-but-it-was-clear-skies/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12795-ngc2903-and-ngc2916/

 

Grahams IC405 shows loads of luvly Ha goodness in his picture of the Flaming Star Nebula

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12776-ic-405/

Talking of Ha Sheila gave us a nice Heart Nebula with the QSI683 camera, its looking good to me Sheila.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12782-start-of-heart-nebula-ha-first/

Also the shot of the Makarian Chain is one to be proud of.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12805-quick-process-in-the-field-of-markarian-data/

I am in admiration of AamenHammers image of the duo M81 and M82 here

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12799-m81-and-m82/ because that is good going for a Star Adventurer mount with a load on it such as the Sigma 150-600.

The colours in Wolfmans M81 are nice and subtle showing great detail.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12827-at-long-last/

 

I was out as well wrestling with my kit which I hadnt used for ages on M35 then playing with the scopes in Aus.

Comets Asteroids etc

We have one submission only this month from Stash with a shot of 41p Tuttle, well done Clive for bagging that one.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12803-41ptuttle-mar-24-2017/

 

Lunar

Ibbo gave us several shots this month with the Tak 102

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12720-luna-1-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12729-moon-2-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12745-moon-6-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12752-ermm-its-thingy-again/

I managed a shot with my old 1970 Towa 80mm here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12727-towa-moon-2nd-march/

and my 127 here

 

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12755-8th-march-moon/

I do like Bino-viewers shot from the 6th

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12744-lunar-06-march-2017/ lovely crisp details in there.

Tbirds 1st quarter shows good detail

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12737-moon-04-03-2017/ and he was at the right place and time for the ISS transit here

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12762-iss-lunar-transit-13-03-2017/

and the video of Gamma Tauri occultation here

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12738-gamma-tauri-occultation/

Graham gave us a nice close up

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12741-luna-mountain-range/

Stash gave us a close up here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12754-moon-surface-part-of/

Bottlebury gave us a shot from the current lunation

 

Planetary

Ibbo has been on Venus watch lately and has shown us the diminishing phases of the planet as this apparition comes to an end

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12719-venus-1-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12735-venus-4-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12753-venus-continued/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12771-venus-continued-14-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12777-venus-15-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12808-venus-around-conjunction-mar-2017/

 

Graham was the first to give us a shot of Jupiter this month

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12756-rough-and-ready-jupiter/

 

Rons shot of the Moon and Jupiter is very atmospheric

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12772-moon-and-jupiter/

 

A nice capture of Jupiter from Bottlebury

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12810-jupiter-25317/

 

DeanWatson gave us a Jupiter family portrait here

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12819-jupiter-europa-and-io-from-sunday-night/

 

Solar

Ibbo gave us some nice shots of the nearest star again

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12721-sol-1-3-2017-ha/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12728-2-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12734-sol-4-3-2017-ha/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12746-sol-6-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12778-sol-15-3-2017/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12766-sol-13-3-2017/

I only managed one lowly shot this month

 

Widefields

I was the only poster in this category with a couple of cloudy widefields

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12787-a-couple-of-wf-from-last-night/

 

 

The more posted images the better for EMS but it doesnt half make coming to a decision on what is the best of the batch. This month the two that grab me are Sheilas 15 hours of the Heart Nebula and Wolfmans great rendition of M81.

 

So because I have to choose one I reckon its Sheila and the Heart Nebula because of the stuff thats in there, the field of view and the amount of time thats been put into this picture. Great stuff Sheila.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12782-start-of-heart-nebula-ha-first/

 

It still amazes me that mounts these days can deliver shots like these unguided.

 

 

[wolfman_55]

Awesome image, a worthy winner......

 

Dave

[tuckstar]

Well done Sheila, another stunning image. Well done Phil, not an easy task this month.

Edited April 2, 2017 by tuckstar

[Tweedledee]

Very nice image, well done Sheila. 

 

It was definitely a mammoth task this month Phil. 

[+Graham]

Nice one Sheila it is a great image. 

[Sheila]

Thanks guys and thanks Phil for going through

all those images. Well done to all  

 

[Allan the Plumber]

lovely image well done Sheila

[Stephen]

Great image Sheila well done

[Daz Type-R]

Bit late on this but wow, what a load of entries.

 

Thanks for the write up Phil, well done to everybody who got out there and congrats to Sheila, great picture.