{"id":30227,"date":"2022-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=30227"},"modified":"2022-04-20T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:26:26","slug":"gallery-your-pictures-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/2022\/03\/24\/gallery-your-pictures-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Your pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your best photos submitted to the magazine this month<\/p>\n\n

PHOTO OF THE MONTH<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Bode\u2019s Galaxy, M81<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Alex Bell, Bath, 4 February 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Alex says:<\/strong> \u201cBode\u2019s Galaxy is a favourite I return to each year. I recently upgraded my scope and wanted a big target to fill the field of view, and M81 was perfect. It\u2019s a wonderful, bright object and rises high to the zenith at this time of year. <\/span>I took this image from my home observatory (the \u2018BLT\u2019), an octagonal self-build, which I designed, with a rotating and retractable roof. Living on a hill I don\u2019t have the greatest southern aspect for winter targets, but this object in the north is accessible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment: <\/strong>ZWO ASI294MC camera, Celestron 11-inch EdgeHD Schmidt-<\/span>Cassegrain, iOptron CEM60 mount
Exposure: <\/strong>75x 120\u201d Software: APP, Photoshop<\/p>\n\n

Alex\u2019s top tips: <\/strong>\u201cShooting at a long focal length relies on a good focus and guiding. To help achieve focus I used a ZWO EAF <\/span>(Electronic Automatic Focuser) connected to an ASIair Pro. For guiding I used an off-axis guider and a ZWO ASI174MM Mini guide camera to pick out suitable faint stars. I also added a UV\/IR cut filter to the guide camera to tighten up the guiding. The processing was tricky due to the galaxy\u2019s bright core. I used a starless layer to boost the galaxy and Photoshop layer masks to brighten the spiral arms without blowing out the core.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

First full Moon of 2022<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

S\u00e9rgio Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, Campo Maior Castle, Alentejo, Portugal, 17 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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S\u00e9rgio says:<\/strong> \u201cThe Moon rose at the same time as sunset, with red hues brought on by the low Sun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment: <\/strong>Canon R6 mirrorless camera <\/span>
Exposure:<\/strong> ISO 200, f\/6.3, 1\/320\u201d <\/span> Software: Lightroom, Photoshop<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The Jellyfish Nebula<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Martin Cohen, Fareham, Hampshire, 4 February 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Martin says: <\/strong>\u201cAdding a HyperStar lens meant I could image faint objects faster than before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment:<\/strong> ZWO ASI2600MM Pro camera, Celestron 11-inch EdgeHD Schmidt-Cassegrain, Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro mount <\/span>
Exposure:<\/strong> Ha 20x 300\u201d, OIII 20x 300\u201d, SII 10x 300\u201d <\/span>
Software:<\/strong> DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The Pleiades<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Mark Coull, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, 28 and 29 December 2021, 3 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Mark says<\/strong>: \u201cWith more integration time I was able to capture the small galaxy UGC 2838, which is 300 million lightyears away, and that just blows my mind!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment: <\/strong>ZWO ASI183MC camera, William Optics RedCat 51 refractor, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount <\/span>
Exposure: <\/strong>169x 3\u2019 <\/span>
Software:<\/strong> PixInsight, Photoshop<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Jet refuelling<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Steve Bowden, Muston, North Yorkshire, 19 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Steve says:<\/strong> \u201cI grabbed my camera, ran outside and jumped on the picnic table to capture this early morning Moon with a McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender refuelling an F-15 Eagle.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment:<\/strong> Canon 5D MkIII DSLR camera, Canon 400mm f\/5.6 lens <\/span>
Exposure:<\/strong> ISO 640 f\/6.3, 1\/1600\u201d <\/span>
Software: <\/strong>Topaz DeNoise<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Jupiter<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Debbie Townsend, Conisbrough, Doncaster, 5 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Debbie says: <\/strong>\u201cI captured Jupiter at last!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment: <\/strong>ZWO ASI224MC camera, Celestron NexStar 8SE <\/span>
Exposure: <\/strong>10\u201d\u20133\u2019 videos, 5,000 best frames stacked <\/span>
Software: <\/strong>RegiStax, AutoStakkert!<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The Heart\/Fish Head Nebula<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Jamie Macdougall, Ely, Cambridgeshire, Aug\u2013Sep 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Jamie says: <\/strong>\u201cI decided to keep a lot of the green that the SHO Hubble Palette creates, which is a bit different to the reds that people commonly use.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment:<\/strong> ZWO ASI1600MM camera, Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED Pro refractor and NEQ6 Pro mount <\/span>
Exposure:<\/strong> SII 55x 600\u201d, Ha 59x 600\u201d, OIII 42x 600\u201d <\/span>
Software:<\/strong> PixInsight, Photoshop<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Colourful night<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Tom\u00e1\u0161 Slovinsk\u00fd, Tornetr\u00e4sk lake, Sweden, 29 October 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Tom\u00e1\u0161 says: <\/strong>\u201cAs the Northern Lights appeared above the horizon and extended slowly over the sky, I made this panorama with the Milky Way and rising Moon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment:<\/strong> Canon 6D DSLR modified, Sigma Art 28mm lens, Leofoto Ranger LS-284C tripod <\/span>
Exposure: <\/strong>ISO 6400 f\/2.2, 13\u201d <\/span>
Software: <\/strong>Lightroom, PTGui, Photoshop<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The Baby Eagle Nebula, LBN 777<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Catalin Cosar, Henlow, Bedfordshire, 6, 7 and 10 December 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Catalin says: <\/strong>\u201cThe individual frames didn\u2019t show much detail, but after stacking the first two nights\u2019 subs I was amazed at the amount of dust and tiny galaxies around it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Equipment: <\/strong>QHY 268C camera, QHY 268M camera, Takahashi FSQ-85EDX refractor, Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro mount <\/span>
Exposure: <\/strong>16h total <\/span>
Software:<\/strong> APT, CCDStack 2, PixInsight<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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