Picture of the Month October 2021

[philjay]

Zoom! "What was that?"  October.

That went quick and what a month it has been, a lot of the cloudy stuff but still some intrepid folks caught some photons, well done to them. Some folks had more luck at Kelling with a few good clear spells that the rest of us missed out on.

Comets, Asteroids, Meteors & Meteorites

Graham was busy with his meteor detector

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20057-septembers-hit-list/

 

Deep Sky

Bottletopburly kicked the month off with a Stephens Quintet

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20058-stephens-quintet-25hrs/

 

RonC was busy

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20065-soul-nebula-ic-1848/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20078-the-iris-nebula-ngc-7023/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20215-30-oct-2021/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20185-ngc-281-pacman-neb/

 

 

M31 was on the menu for a few

Brady

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20063-samyang-andromeda/

Clive

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20067-another-m31/

Derbyshire Dave

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20127-my-first-four-pane-mosaic-m31-at-kelling/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20170-andromeda-4-panel-rgb-mosiac-kelling-21/

 

Hats off to Ibbo for bagging a low object like the Helix

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20073-ngc-7293-helix/

 

Graham gave us M27

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20089-m-27-from-tonight-06102021/

M42

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20161-the-first-m-42-of-the-year/

M33

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20212-m-33-in-lrgb/

 

A nice wide Pacman from Mostly cloudy

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20135-ngc281/

and NA

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20181-ngc7000/

 

Ibbo gave us a 2 location Pacman

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20142-ngc-281-kelling-and-home/

and  5068

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20149-ic5068-sho-kelling/

SH2 119

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20179-sh2-119-ha/

 

Derbyshire Dave gave us a nice wide bubble

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20151-bubble-and-lobster-claw-nebulae-in-sho/

 

Nice to see Sheila out imaging again

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20150-ic5070/

 

A shot from darkest Spain by Peter Shah

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20187-ic348-to-ngc1333-in-part-of-the-large-molecular-cloud/

 

Another Kelling image by Carastro

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20190-lbn782-from-kelling-heath-sept-2021/

 

Heart and Soul with a prime lens from Brady

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20210-heart-and-soul/

 

Lunar

Close up of Valles Alpine from Dean Watson

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20069-valles-alpes/

 

The waning moon from Peter Shah

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20051-the-waning-moon/

 

Solar

Graham kicked the month off

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20071-solar-from-today-03102021/

then gave us

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20105-solar-through-the-murk-09102021/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20163-solar-through-the-clouds-from-today-22102021/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20207-solar-from-today-30102021/

 

Ibbo was next with

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20129-sol-7-10-21-ha/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20168-sol-21-10-21-ha/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20194-sol-21-10-21-ha-reprocess/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20209-sol-30-10-21-fd-ha/

 

Widefield

ChrisP gave us a landscape with MW

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20104-stairway-to-heaven/

and an Iris Nebula

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20145-widefield-iris-nebula/

and a setting Full Moon

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20156-hunters-moon-setting-over-the-peak-district/

 

Derbyshire DAve gave us a MW shot from Kelling, I reckon I recognise that tree J

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20123-kelling-milky-way-andromeda-and-pleiades/

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20140-milky-way-falling-trees-red-lights-and-clouds-at-kelling/

 

An atmospheric shot from Clive

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20159-venus-21-10-21/

 

So theres just a sample of whats been posted this month. Pete, (aka Tweedledee), said in a thread this month that the quality of images on this forum has improved since he last visited and he is right. Every month gets more difficult to choose one image from the loads of great shots. But choose I must, so this months POTM is-

 

Derbyshire DAves M31 mosaic

https://www.eastmidlandsstargazers.org.uk/topic/20170-andromeda-4-panel-rgb-mosiac-kelling-21/

Why? Nice sharp stars, 4 pane mosaics arent easy, subtle processing, plus I am having a heck of a job with imaging this object at the moment so hats off to Dave.

 

Closely followed by Carastro and Peter Shahs images.

[+RonC]

Congrats Dave, a great M31. 👍

[+Graham]

Well done Dave.

Thanks to Phil for his round up.

[Bottletopburly]

Well done Dave and Phil for judging 👍

[+Ibbo]

Well done Dave.

 

thanks to Phil.

[BAZ]

Congratulations Dave, it is a stunning image.

Many thanks to everyone for sharing and Phil for having to choose between you all.

[Clive]

Well done Dave, all the effort payed off! And thanks once again to Phil.

[+Derbyshire Dave]

Thanks for the comments guys much appreciated. Thanks again to Phil for all of his efforts.

 

And amazingly, thanks to Kelling for providing five nights of imaging on he trot! Wow, will that ever be repeated?????

[Stephen]

Well done Dave

[Sheila]

Nice one 😁p