philjay Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Picture of the Month May 2020 Phew what a scorcher! The good weather has seen folks getting out there day and night and posting lots of great images. There's also been quite a lot more to image this month with Comets and Conjunctions which has made for an interesting month. Due to the number of images the round up is a précis of those posted. Comets, Asteroids, Meteors Graham captured more than he was expecting with a meteor photobombing his DSO subs https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17729-meteor-going-past-the-bubble/ SunnyPhil grabbed a sporadic https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17772-bright-sporadic-meteor-may-10th-2309-gmt/ Bottletopburly captured Atlas in Draco https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17775-comet-atlas/ Deep Sky A nice Beehive from Derbyshire Dave https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17699-the-beehive-m44/ AND jELLYFISH https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17833-the-jellyfish-nebula/ Good colours in Bottletopburlys M3 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17713-a-quick-m3/ Lobster Claw in Hubble from Graham https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17720-lobster-claw-and-friends-in-hubble-ish-pallet/ plus ngc7822 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17728-ngc-7822/ The Crescent was a target for several folks RonC https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17744-ngc-6888-the-cresent-nebula/ Graham https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17759-crescent-neb-from-last-night-08052020/ Silentrunning https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17810-ngc6888-ha-and-oiii/ Bottletopburly https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17932-crescent-nebula-ngc6888/ ChrisP was going deep with his M57 and IC1296 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17753-m57-and-ic1296/ and a close up of the Elephants Trunk https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17872-ic1396-the-elephant-trunk-nebula-in-cepheus/ and the Eagle https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17918-m16-the-eagle-nebula/ Silentrunning bagged a close up of M51 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17769-m51-reprocess/ M13 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17798-m13/ We also had a supernova this month, Derbyshire Dave grabbed it https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17794-champagne-supernova-discovered-in-m61-on-may-6th-2020/ 8472 gave us a nice shot of the Sombrero galaxy https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17804-m104-the-sombrero-galaxy/ RonC was out bagging clusters https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17836-two-clusters/ Ibbo got in close to M101 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17901-m101/ A good collection of galaxies from Clive https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17891-4-messier-galaxies-in-canes-venatici/ Lunar Ibbo started the onth off https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17712-luna-2-5-2020/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17725-luna-5-5-2020/ Then in the current lunation Clive bagged an early 2 day old moon https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17869-2-day-old-moon-24-05-20/ then a bit later on https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17923-moon-29-05-20/ matt_baker298 gave us a couple of mosaics https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17889-93mp-53-pane-mosaic-of-a-50-moon-02-03-20/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17940-90-panel-140mp-lunar-mosaic-69-phase-310520/ Solar Because of the sunny weather this month we have had lots of solar images, too many to list fully so here are a few Ibbo https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17710-sol-2-5-2020-ha/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17719-sol-4-5-2020-ha/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17915-sol-29-5-2020-ha-cak/ Graham https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17718-solar-from-today-04052020/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17928-solar-from-today-30052020/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17873-my-last-solar-for-a-bit-25052020/ Widefield ChrisP spent awhile in Cygnus with this wide field mosaic in Ha https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17790-tis-finished-cygnus-mosaic-in-ha/ Ibbo grabbed some NLC https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17930-first-nocti-display-of-the-year/ Mostlycloudy gave us an image of M57 that puts it in context with the background star field https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17927-m27/ Ok so now the hard bit. There have been some stunning images this month, sorry if yours hasnt got a mention but the round up would take a very long time for all of us. I have deliberated, cogitated, flicked from image to image and slept on it but the image that made me go wow most, (there are more images each month that do that for me so sit not easy) is Silentrunnings M51 reprocess, smooth but with plenty of detail, tastefully processed and great image scale https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/17769-m51-reprocess/ Chris P., Bottletopburly and silentrunning 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Thanks Phil and well done John 👍 silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Congrats John, worthy winner and thanks Phil. It can't have been easy this month!! 🏆 silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 A difficult task once again Phil given the quality of the images submitted this month and well done John, that was a great image. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentrunning Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) Oooo that's a nice surprise especially with so many great images this month to choose from. Thank you and thanks for all the nice comments. Edited June 2, 2020 by silentrunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Not that IMO it would have affected the result but in the summary, Graham's Saturn and a few Venus shots deserved a mention. However, I agree that it was tough to include everything and I do not envy your job choosing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 That is a cracking image, congratulations John. Many thanks Phil, it gets harder doesn't it, the standards keep getting higher. Thanks to all for your contributions. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Great image, well done John. Thanks to Phil and everyone for sharing these brilliant images silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Congrats to John. And many thanks to Phil for doing POTM. silentrunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentrunning Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Thanks again and yes thanks to Phil for judging the POTM, very tough job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Good image John, 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Wow great image, John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Really great stuff John, congratulations on POTM I missed this when you posted it, really glad to have seen it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Well done John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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