Popular Post philjay Posted April 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 Its spring again and the weather has been a bit unpredictable with cloud and dare I say it a few clear patches. and in those patches folks have been out gathering photons. Comets, Meteors etc Graham has been keeping us updated on meteor activity with his detector https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19243-nice-hit-on-the-detector-this-morning/ Sunnyphil caight a meteor https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19145-a-short-but-bright-trail/ Deepsky Derbyshire Dave gave us the Soul in narrowband https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19150-the-soul-nebula-in-narrowband-colour/ plus Dave collaborated to produce combined data on M81/82 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19168-m81-and-m82-collaboration/ Peter Shah has been gathering photons remotely and gave us a stunner of a shot of M51 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19148-m51-the-whirlpool-galaxy/ Ibbo gave us some great detail in image of NGC2359 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19163-ngc-2359-ha-reprocess/ Graham has been putting the new scope to good use with his image of galaxy NGC4565 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19197-ngc-4565-reprocessed-in-pixinsight/ and M51 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19222-m51-in-lrgb/ and M106 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19251-m-106-in-lrgb-wip/ Even I managed a few photon gathering session in my attempt at getting back into doing some DSO imaging https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19175-m42-test-of-my-kit-and-me/ and M51 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19247-m51/ RonC gave us a nice M82 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19199-m82-again/ and M51 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19245-half-of-m51/ ChrisP was galxy bagging as well https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19205-m63-the-sunflower-galaxy/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19239-m82-in-hargb/ plus a nebula https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19227-ic1848-the-soul-nebula-in-sho/ 8472 gave us a haul of nebulae IC443 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19120-ic-443-in-hoorgb/ and Heart and Sould https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19238-hoo-heart-soul/ CTB-1, SH2-168, SH2-173 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19121-ctb-1-sh2-168-sh2-173-in-hargb/ and a galaxy M51 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19122-m51-in-lrgb/ Neo reworked his data for the Rossette https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19128-rosette-nebula-re-worked/ Lunar Quite a few lunar images this month from folks Ibbo https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19113-luna-6-pane-mosaic-1-3-2021/ Sunnyphil https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19216-moon-march-23rd/ DerbyshireDave https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19231-daytime-moon/ Alis80b https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19223-the-moon-240321/ Planetary DeanWatson has been visiting some older data https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19129-jupiter-from-may-2016/ Solar Its been down to 2 members this month with solar imaging Ibbo https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19109-sol-28-2-2021/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19170-sol-16-3-2021-ha/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19188-sol-17-3-2021-ha-proms/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19191-sol-17-3-2021-ha-combination-of-surface-and-proms/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19191-sol-17-3-2021-ha-combination-of-surface-and-proms/ https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19189-sol-17-3-2021-cak/ and with his new Quark https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19218-sol-22-3-21-ha-invert/ Graham https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19185-solar-from-today-19032021/ Widefield Sunnyphil Mars and M45 https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19178-mars-and-the-pleaides/ ChrisP Moon in a Tree https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19244-moon-in-a-tree/ So a real mixed bag of targets this month which is fascinating to see. So it,s just down to picking a winner, ooo errr, again not easy because there are lots of images that make me say wow this month and initially I narrowed it down to three Peter Shah's M51, ChrisP,s M82 and 8472,s IC443. These three images have kept me looking at them for ages. The detail, colour and composition are superb in all three and together with sympathetic processing makes all three images worthy of POTM. However the rules say I have to pick a single image, hmm. Ok, So after a lot of deliberation and flicking between them :- Joint runner up images are C8472 and Peter Shahs,s images of IC 443 and M51. Superb images with loads of data in there plus superb colours. Picture of the month for me is ChrisP,s image of M82. Excellent depth and colour, the Ha regions are full of detail, I like it a lot. https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19239-m82-in-hargb/ +Ibbo, alis80b, +Graham and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Well done Chris. It is a cracking image. Thanks Phil for the roundup. Chris P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Well done Chris. Thanks once again Phil. Chris P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Well done Chris and everyone else who shared their wonderful images, and thanks Phil, it can't be easy picking a winner. Chris P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Well done Chris, another class image. And thanks again Phil. Difficult as ever. Chris P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Congrats Chris, great image...👍 Chris P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Congratulations Chris, a beautiful shot of M82. Many thanks to all you others who have kindly contributed. A huge thanks to Phil for another comprehensive challenge. Chris P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 That was very quick, Phil. I was stacking 160 images of a distant galaxy but couldn't process them in time to make the cut. No, just joking! Well done, Chris. Is it just me or are the images getting better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Sunny Phil said: That was very quick, Phil. I was stacking 160 images of a distant galaxy but couldn't process them in time to make the cut. No, just joking! Well done, Chris. Is it just me or are the images getting better Dont worry Phil. I check and any posts that slip through after I,ve done the round up are looked at in next the month Edited April 2, 2021 by philjay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8472 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 That is a marvelous image, Chris - well deserved! Great round up, Phil. Chris P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris P. Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Thanks for everyone’s kind comments and thanks to Phil for a comprehensive round-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Shah Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 great job Chris, well deserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Well done Chris a great image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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