philjay Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Sorry about the delay for the POTM round up folks but I was away for a week, semi hols, semi work, but enjoyable non the less. Well havent you been busy? quite a bag this month to go through, I didnt realise there were that many clear nights. Deep Sky Some nice colours in dave.hardy2 s M63 here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14334-m63/ and I like the Iris nebula shot here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14401-the-iris-nebula/ good colour and great detail in the dark nebula/dust Another galaxy M101 from 8472 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14359-060518-another-m101/ Another image with good colour and plenty of detail is Derbyshire Dave s M81 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14372-m81-from-holloway/ then he gave us a good M51 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14405-m51-the-whirlpool-galaxy/ I managed brushed up on Maxim with a southern object https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14367-ngc3372-lrgb-at-long-last/ Talking of colour, theres some good colour in Alecs M13 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14369-m13/ A nice Ha Elephants trunk from Brady https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14389-elephants-trunk/ and Ron Clarke had a go as well https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14408-ic1396-the-elephants-trunk/ Another Ha here, the Crescent from Joe https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14430-the-crescent-nebula-in-hydrogen-alpha/ And an Ha Crescent from Graham https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14477-crescent-neb/ plus a nice shot of SH2 101 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14483-sh2-101/ Lunar A great set of lunar detail from Ibbo https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14179-random-luna-stuff-28-3-2018/ plus a mosaic https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14461-luna-23-5-2018/ I got the date wrong with my May 22nd lunar https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14455-22nd-march-lunar/ DeanWatson gave us a shot of the Alpine Valley https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14462-vallis-alpes-cassini-etc/ despite cloud it is still a good detailed shot. Planetary A few more planet images this month, great to see. Several lovely shots of Jupiter and Saturn from Ibbo as he puts the C11 through its paces, my favourites being A GRS progression https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14360-jupiter-7-5-2018-grs/ Saturn https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14443-saturn-22-5-2018/ Here's a planet we don't often see from this aspect, perkil8r s high altitude shot from his balloon project https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14440-earth-process-21052018/ Solar we had a few sunny days this month with Ibbo and Graham giving us some images, a few of my favourites here Ibbo https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14358-sol-7-5-2018-ha/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14377-sol-10-5-2018-ha/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14412-sol-15-5-2018-ha/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14488-sol-28-5-2018-ha/ Graham https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14422-solar-today-18052018/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14474-solar-from-today-26052018/ Widefield A few more widefield shots than normal this month, great stuff A very atmospheric shot from Chris P https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14363-moon-rising-over-nordfjord/ IC1396 from 3472 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14411-130518-ic-1396/ A nice Milky Way shot from Chris P https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14417-milky-way-over-the-peak-district-17th-may-2018/ And another Milky Way shot this time from 8472. https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14446-21-05-18-milky-way-over-ogsten-reservoir/ Well its not an easy one this month, (never is actually). There are 2 sets of images which stood out for me for various reasons, that's Derbyshire Daves galaxies and 8472s (Kev) Milky way over Ogsten Reservoir. And after a lot of deliberation I am going to give Derbyshire Daves M81 the POTM May 2018 title https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/14372-m81-from-holloway/ Why? Colour, detail and sympathetic processing. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Congrats Dave on POTM, well done... +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Congratulations Dave, it is a beauty. Thanks Phil, did you get the rock? ? +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Congrats Dave - very impressive M81 - well done. ? +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 very nice Dave, it looks so natural and not over processed. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyboy1970 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Well done. Nice image. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Nice one ☺️ +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 14 hours ago, BAZ said: Congratulations Dave, it is a beauty. Thanks Phil, did you get the rock? ? Stock yes, rock no unfortunately. Still it was a nice break. Just remembered, the POTM review at the end of this month will be a couple of days late again Im afraid, (another jolly, not work related this time so may get some rock). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Guy, Thank you for all of the kind comments, very much appreciated. For the record I’d just like to re-iterate how much I love Kev’s Mily Way shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Well done Dave! A worthy winner. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Congratulations Dave, that is a top class image. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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