Picture of the Month April 2021

[philjay]

Quite a good start to the month weather wise which was nice for getting out under the stars and capturing a few photons. So due to the good weather and numbers of images posted this month, the following is a précis of the posts to keep things manageable for reading.

 

Comets, Asteroids, Meteors

 

Graham captured a large meteor on his detector

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19350-this-must-have-been-visible-this-morning/

 

SunnyPhil and Graham compared notes on images and hits on the detector to track down a meteor

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19323-first-lyrid/

 

 

Deep Sky

Wow, there,s been loads of great DSO images this month, 35 postings, wow. So again folks I have to filter through and precis the round up because the round up would take forever to write let alone read. So if your image hasnt got a mention apologies.

 

8472 is at it again with his old M42 Takumar lens

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19259-heart-and-soul-in-sho/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19399-flying-bat-and-squid-in-hoorgb/

 

Tons of data in Bottletopburly's M51

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19262-m51-6hrs_d5300/

 

Graham gave us M101

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19285-m-101-in-lrgb/

 

Alis80b also gave us M101

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19281-m101-my-second-try-at-a-galaxy-😊/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19268-m81-and-m82-my-first-try-at-a-galaxy/

 

ChrisP has been bagging galaxies

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19282-m64-the-black-eye-galaxy/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19301-ngc4631-the-whale-galaxy/

I know the finished version of this was posted after the month end but the WIP was posted in april so I feel a mention of the finished version should be here of Chris's deep Crescent nebula

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19419-ngc6888-crescent-nebula-in-hao3-‘tis-finished/

 

A nice pair of galxies from RonC

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19318-ngc-4565-and-m13/

and

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19331-ngc-4631-the-whale/

 

Derbyshire Dave gave us the Flaming Star

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19296-the-flaming-star-nebula-in-ha/

 

I like widefield shots of M51, and Brady posted a nice one

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19353-m51/

 

PeterShah  has been imaging remotely with his Sigma lens

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19389-a-deep-look-at-the-north/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19412-a-late-rigel-and-the-witches-head-nebula/

 

Some nice star colours in Ibbo,s M13

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19410-m13-29-4-2021-rgb/

 

A fascinating close up of the Bok globules in the Rosette from Carastro

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19407-boks-globules-data-from-4-different-years/

 

Lunar

Derbyshire Dave kicked us off with a mosaic

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19269-moon-mosaic/

 

Ibbo gave us a mosaic from the next lunation

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19391-luna-24-4-21/

 

Alis80b gave us a full moon mineral shot

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19408-supermoon-mineral-edit/

 

Solar

Ibbo and Graham were out there catching the sun

Ibbo

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19258-prom-2-4-21-ha/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19337-sol-17-4-2021-ha/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19379-sol-22-4-21-ha/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19403-sol-26-4-21-ha-reprocess/

 

Graham

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19266-solar-from-today-05042021/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19384-solar-from-today-24042021/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19290-solar-from-today-11042021/

 

Widefield

Mostlycloudy posted a nice wide shot of M81/82 and M101

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19257-bode’s-nebula/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19274-m101-region/

 

Some atmospheric shots from ChrisP

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19273-starry-skies-moon-and-sunrise/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19306-the-moon-with-earthshine-under-the-pleiades/

 

Even I managed a couple

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19324-old-moon-in-the-new-moons-arms-in-taurus/

 

Derbyshire Dave

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19276-sunset-tonight-at-holloway/

 

 

I told you there was a lot J

 

So, as usual this job gets more difficult every month with the superb images that are posted and I have found myself saying wow quite a few times this month.

 

But the biggest wows came when I opened up Peter Shahs threads on Polaris region and The Witches Head. I thought the Polaris IFN shot was exceptional then he caps it with the mesmerising shot of the Witches Head and Rigel region which kept me captivated with the amount of detail and the composition, plus the nicely handled processing to keep Rigel tamed. Love it Peter.

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/19412-a-late-rigel-and-the-witches-head-nebula/

 

 

[Guest]

As I posted in the original thread, what impressed me most is that Peter captured the shot very late in the season. I also liked his shot of the polar region, one that I often visit but only get stars.

[tuckstar]

Well done everyone. That is a stunning image.

 

Thanks again to Phil. It looks like it was another toughy 

Edited May 3, 2021 by tuckstar

[+RonC]

Congrats Peter, great images and something for us mere mortals to aspire too! 😀

[+Graham]

Well done Peter it is an amazing image

[Bottletopburly]

Yes well done Peter who’d have thought Polaris was so stunning and available all year round 👍

[Clive]

Well done Peter, a great image.

[+Glafnazur]

Well done Peter, cracking image 👍

[BAZ]

Congratulations Pete another stunning shot. Polaris was amazing 

Thanks to everyone who posted, there's a lot of great images this month. 

 

Many thanks Phil, not easy at all. 

[Sheila]

Cracking image Peter. Well deserved

[Peter Shah]

Wow ...thanks everyone, that's really unexpected.... and well done to everyone mentioned, there has been a great set of images posted throughout the month. 👍

 

To be honest Phil It must be such a difficult job to judge with everyone having there own challenges with kit and conditions, keeping it balanced must be very difficult....thanks for taking the time.

Edited May 3, 2021 by Peter Shah
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[Stephen]

What a great image Peter well deserved

[8472]

Great image, Peter.

[+Ibbo]

Good stuff Peter.