philjay Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Picture of the Month October 2020 Zoom, what was that? Oh it was October, that went quick, I am sure we are travelling faster through timeJ Weather this month has been hit and miss, but most of us managed to get to see Mars at or near opposition between clouds and storms thankfully and the die hards on hear have been out imaging as well, if I had a hat I would doff it to you all, my astro camera hasnt recorded a photon at all this month. So off we go- Cometes, Asteroids, etc Graham posted a video of meteor hits throughout the month, fascinating stuff. https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18517-octobers-hits/ Deep Sky ChrisP gave us a nice shot of the western veil https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18423-western-veil-nebula-in-hargb/ 3 for the price of 1 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18447-the-lobster-claw-bubble-and-ngc7538/ Derbyshire Dave gave us a hubble pallet Pelican https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18484-pelican-nebula-re-processed/ and a mosaic of the Heart Nebula in Ha https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18518-heart-nebula-mosaic/ 8472 gave us a deep M45, loads of colours and nebulosity https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18453-m45/ A Kelling shot of NA Nebula from Sheila and the Harmonic Drive mount, https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18456-ngc7000-at-kelling-new-rst-135-harmonic-drive-mount/ Another NA Nebula with a new bit of kit, this time from Alec https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18473-first-real-shots-with-the-new-scope-ngc7000/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18486-re-processed-ngc-7000-hubble-palette/ plus SHO 2 190 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18491-sho-2-190/ RonC was busy with a mixed bag of DSOs, https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18479-ducking-and-diving/ plus the Bubble https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18490-bubble-nebula-261020/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18501-another-bubble-nebula/ Bottletopburly gave us another NA Nebula https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18508-ngc-7000/ Lunar Sunny Phil bagged a morning moonhttps://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18443-morning-moon/ Some nice earthshine in ChrisPs image here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18465-earthshine-on-a-17-illuminated-waning-crescent-moon/ plus some subtle colours here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18512-875-illuminated-moon-hi-res-full-colour/ and an atmospheric Full Moon shot here https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18514-halloween-hunters-blue-moon-over-chesterfield/ Planetary Mars takes centre stage this month with the opposition ChrisP https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18452-the-red-planet/ Graham https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18457-mars-from-tonight-15102020/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18487-a-quick-mars-from-tonight-26102020/ Ibbo https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18482-mars-23-10-2020/ Solar Ibbo started the ball rolling https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18406-sol-1-10-20-ha/ and https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18459-sol-15-10-2020-ha/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18477-sol-22-10-2020-ha/ Graham caught a nice prom https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18483-solar-from-today-25102020/ Widefield Sunnyphil caught a shot of Jupiter and Saturn getting closer in the skies https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18498-jupiter-and-saturn/ After much deliberating and cogitating again I keep going back to two images Derbyshire Daves Pelican and ChrisPs trio of the Lobster Claw, Bubble and NGC7538 Both are very accomplished images Chis's because of the three in one plus processing and Daves because of the detail he has picked out plus subtle processing. So they are very close but I have to pick one and that is DerbyshireDaves Pelican https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/18484-pelican-nebula-re-processed/ Bottletopburly, +Ibbo, Chris P. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Congrats Dave very nice image. Thanks Phil. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Well done Dave. It is a great image. Thanks Phil. 👍 +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 well done Dave +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Many congratulations Dave, that it is a cracking image. Many thanks to all the other photon botherers for their hard work and dedication to the cause. It is nice to see the various and varied processes at work to get a final image. A big thank you to Phil for his time and effort, much appreciated buddy. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Phil, I'm honoured than you. Thanks for putting in all of the work viewing and appraising eveyone's entries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Steve, Graham, David, Martyn. Thank you for your kind comments. BAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Well done Dave 😁 +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) Thanks, Phil, for judging the images. I was sorry to hear that you didn't manage a single photo, although I only got a few. Hypothetically, what would you do if you genuinely thought that your image was the best of the month? Would you ask some of us for a second opinion? Also, hypothetically, what would happen if none of us bagged a single astronomical object all month? Could a non-astro photo win? None of this, of course, takes anything away from Dave. Edited November 1, 2020 by Sunny Phil typ0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) Thats no problem Phil, I never include my images for awarding potm, I will make reference to it if I think its Ok but I wont award myself POTM. If there werent any images, its simple, there wouldnt be a POTM Edited November 1, 2020 by philjay +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Congrats Dave, a worthy winner!! +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Well done Dave 👍 +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) excellent work Dave and a worthy winner, congratulations Edited November 2, 2020 by red dwalf +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Well done Dave, a nice image. And congratulations to all those who actually managed to image anything last month. +RonC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 We'll done, Dave - Wonderful image! 🙂 +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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