Picture of the Month April 2017

[philjay]

Another month gone by and the start was quite good sky wise then went a bit pants. But some stalwarts have been out there capturing the heavens, well done to them.

 

A quick round up this month with mentions to those in each category which caught my eye.

 

Deep Sky

I do like Brady's Rosette in Halpha, for his 1st go its a good one, plenty of detail.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12849-1st-h-alpha/

I know Wolmans NCG7331 is a revisit and was probably taken in a different month but it was submitted this month and I like the new processing, shows loads of galaxy structure.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12870-star-tools-ngc-7331/

Glad to see Ron is up and imaging from his new base https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12869-m101/

Graham was out too with an Ha image of IC1848

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12867-ic-1848/

 

Lunar

SunnyPhils image of Copernicus caught my attention. A good image with an electronic eyepiece. Lunar imaging aint easy and takes practice and Phil is getting there https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12864-copper-knickers/

Wolfmans 1st quarter shot shows good sharp focus https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12854-moon/

Ibbo gave us an impressive ISS transit

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12853-iss-luna-transit-2-4-2017/, well caught Steve

Nice work from Al Grant

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12877-moon-4-apr-7-apr/

And Bottletopburly was showing us lunar at different phases https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12837-lunar-25/

Planetary

Jupiter has been high on the imaging list this month due to its favourable elevation.

Dean Watson got a good shot of the GRS

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12873-jupiter-from-last-night-sat-night-sunday-morning/

Bottletopburly gave us a nice sharp Jupiter https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12861-jupiter/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12924-2324jupiter/

Solar

Graham was out during the day and night with his Ha of the sun and visible light of the moon

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12865-a-day-and-a-night/

 

Just a note about our new member Ewan's stunning solar images in the Solar Astronomy section, all taken with his Quark set up. There are some superb images in there, showing just what can be done with these bits of kit. Keep them coming Ewan and if you wish for images to be included in the POTM round up just drop them in the Solar Imaging section.

Widefield

I doo like Orions twinkling Sirius. Intentionally OOF to show the colours due to atmospherics and it certainly shows it well.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12859-twinkling-sirius/

Plus congrats on getting a close up of the ISS

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12875-international-space-station-8th-april-2017/

 

 

After much deliberating and cogitating I decided the POTM for April 2017 goes to Wolfman_55 and his NGC7331. The galaxies and detail in that picture can keep entertained for ages

Wolmans NCG7331 is a revisit and was probably taken in a different month but it was submitted this month and I like the new processing, shows loads of galaxy structure.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/12870-star-tools-ngc-7331/

 

[philjay]

Doh, should have checked through after posting, copy and pasting the round up missed off the Comets etc section.

Stash and Wolfman gave us images of a couple of passers-by. Will post links later. Apologies

[Doc]

Well done Dave on being awarded PoTM 

 

[wolfman_55]

Many thanks for the award. It was a revisit of an image I posted before and shows what Startools can do. To date, I've had mixed results with this. I'm sure as I learn more the results will become more consistant. In the meantime over the summer, I'll revisit some more old images. Also I subscribed to the iTelescope so may post some images from that if they look ok. Its a bit pricey, but they gave me a 3x offer (later a 5x offer which I missed as I'd already accepted the earlier one). Still, I reckon the £70 investment will give me a bit over 2 hours of imaging on a 17" scope in New Mexico. Be really interesting to compare results with what I can achieve in the UK. M61 is the target tonight.......

 

Dave

[philjay]

Its interesting to note the differences between software, not all software is the same. I did an experiment not so long back between DSS, Images Plus and Maxim just for aligning, stacking and combining alone and there,s a lot of difference in the end result.

 

iTelescope can be addictive Dave, be warned.

 

 

Here,s the links for Stash and Wolfmans cometary images

 

Sorry bout that

 

 

[tuckstar]

Well done Dave. 

 

Another good haul of images. Keep posting your photos people.

 

[Tweedledee]

Very nice Dave. So much to see with Stephan's Quintet as a bonus. 

[Sheila]

nice one   well done

[Orion]

Good job Dave. Well done.

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[Stephen]

Nice one Dave well done

[wolfman_55]

Thanks all. Kinda makes all the effort and trials and tribulations worth while.....

 

Dave