philjay Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Picture of the month March 2020 A nice few clear nights towards the end of the month was most welcome and quite a few made the most of it with visual as well as imaging, well done all. Comets, Asteroids , Meteors The target for a lot of folks this month has been the comet Atlas so here are the captures:- Dave Hardy https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17457-c2019-y4-atlas/ Clive https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17387-comet-c2014-y4-atlas-with-m81-m82/ ChrisP https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17425-comet-c2019-y4-atlas/ Deep Sky Derbyshire Dave kicked the month off with some Tadpoles https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17319-ic410-the-tadpoles/ plus a close up of the Rosette https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17358-rosette-nebula-in-narrowband-colour/ loads of data in the Jellyfish https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17438-the-jellyfish-nebula/ Ibbo has been galaxy bagging https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17325-ngc-2403-lrgb/ plus an open cluster https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17328-m37-rgb/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17461-ngc-2841-even-more-data/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17329-ngc891-more-data/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17445-m63-lrgb/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17449-m64-lrgb/ Ron Clarke gave us the Leo Triplet and Owl Nebula https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17333-the-leo-triplet-revisited-the-owl-nebula/ and M3 plus https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17432-m3-and-another/ Plus M44 and the Rosette https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17439-m44-ngc2238-rosette-nebula/ Chris P gave us the Monkey Head https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17346-ngc2175-aka-the-monkey-head-nebula-bi-colour/ M82 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17375-m82-cigar-galaxy/ plus its companion https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17401-m81-bodes-galaxy-in-rgb/ and he had a go at the Tadpoles https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17374-ic410-the-tadpoles-bi-colour/ and M106 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17451-m106-rgb/ Clive gave us M81 and 82 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17400-m81-m82-ngc2976-plus-a-few-other-neighbours/ plus a good selection of Messiers https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17466-a-selection-of-messier-objects/ Brady gave us the Heart and Soul https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17413-heart-and-soul/ plus the California with his Samyang, I must get one of these lenses. https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17450-samyang-135mmcalifornia-nebula/ 8472 gave us a shot of the Needle galaxy https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17458-ngc-4565-the-needle-galaxy/ Red dwarf gave us M101 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17465-good-old-m101-the-pinwheel-galaxy/ and so did Sheila https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17464-m101/ Graham closed off the month with his shot of the California https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17471-california-neb-from-tonight-31032020/ Lunar Ibbo gave us a mosaic https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17351-luna-8-3-20-9-pane-mosaic/ Graham was testing out the new scope https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17350-first-light-for-the-f15-scope-luna-mosaic/ Bottletopburly gave us a shot of the gibbous phase https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17348-87-waxing-gibbeous-moon/ Planetary Venus is giving a fine show this month still and Ibbo captured it here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17384-venus-15-3-uv-ir-ir/ plus Sunnyphil here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17379-venus-with-my-dslr/ Solar Graham started the months images off with https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17399-solar-from-today-21032020/ Ibbo gave us some prom activity here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17434-sol-prom-activity-25-3-20202/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17435-sol-25-3-2020-ha-fd/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17447-sol-26-3-2020-ha/ Widefield Clive gave us a widefield Orion https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17335-widefield-orion/ A very atmospheric shot from ChrisP https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17416-starry-skies-over-cranfleet-cut-sawley/ who says Sawley cant look attractive? J Even I got out with a camera this month with Orion https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17419-orion/ So a great set of images there folks but now I have to choose. Hmm.... The image I keep going back to this month is Clives image of the Comet Atlas. Why? Because theres loads going on in there and good composition, I love it https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17387-comet-c2014-y4-atlas-with-m81-m82/ +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Congrats Clive. And thanks to Phil for the write up. Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Congrats Clive, it is an impressive image. Thank Phil, a bit trickier this time, some excellent images. Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 well done clive 👍 Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Nice one Clive Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Congrats Clive and thanks again Phil 👍 Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris P. Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Well done Clive 👍🏻 Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Well done Clive 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 a worthy winner, well done Clive Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Thanks to everyone. I am surprised and feel very humbled, especially considering the superb quality of images everyone has been posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Clive, That was such an exciting photograph, with so many interesting elements. A worthy winner, well done.. Dave Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Nice one, Clive! Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Well done Clive Clive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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