Mike Scaz - Astronomy

Featuring: Aurora, comets, planets, small apparent size galaxies and some nice nebulae.

Featuring: Nacreous clouds, galaxies, planets, the Sun, Moon and a Near Earth Object! NGC 891 (Caldwell 23, galaxy in Andromeda), Abell 347 galaxy group, NGC 465 (Caldwell 38 Needle galaxy), M5, M10, M12 amd M14 (globular clusters), Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and more. I'm going to do things a little bit differently this year, and list my choices of best pictures by category, in decreasing distance (approximately). If you don't like the choices, the full blog for 2023 will be kicking around for a while, so you could e-mail your suggestions for consideration (or comment on the blog - Google account required I think).

Featuring: An occultation of Mars by the Moon. The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn, and a partial eclipse of the Sun. Planet comparison image, this time with Uranus. Jupiter, the Moon and the Sun, Scenic images with the Ladybower reservoir and Barleycroft lake. IC 342 (Caldwell 5, galaxy in Camelopardalis), M20 (Trifid nebula), NGC 7023 (Caldwell 4, the Iris nebula), M51, M61, the Leo Triplet (jolly nice picture - with asteroid), IC 443 (the Jellyfish nebula - with asteroid).

Featuring: Jupiter, Saturn and Venus over Berry Fen. The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn, and a partial eclipse of the Sun. Some Perseid meteors. The East and West Veil nebulae, M27 (Dumbbell nebula), M16 (Eagle nebula), M57 (Ring nebula) and M94 (bright galaxy in Canes Venatici).

Featuring: A close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, the usual 'four bright planets' picture, and two passes of the ISS in front of the Sun. For scenic images: A slim crescent Moon with Mercury and Venus, the Moon and Venus over the river Great Ouse, and the full Moon over Berry Fen. Comets: Comet C/2017-T2 near the double cluster in Perseus, and the excellent comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise). Deep Sky: M1, Barnard 33, M106, the Draco Triplet (NGC 5985, NGC 5982 and NGC 5981), NGC 5907, the Antennae galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, the Coma group of galaxies, M13, NGC 5354 and the Hickson 68 galaxy group, NGC 4490 (ARP 269), M109, wide field NGC 3184 (nice picture), and NGC 4631 with NGC 4656 (whale and crowbar galaxies).

Featuring: Col's shed of wonders. Comets C/2017-T2 and 46P. The Pleiades, NGC 7635 (the Bubble nebula) and M52 (open cluster) together, M16 (the Eagle nebula), M98 M99 and M100 (galaxies in Virgo) in one field, the Deer Lick group and Stephan's Quintet galaxies, and the Leo Triplet again (slightly larger field). An elongation of Mercury, a conjunction of Mars and Neptune, a conjunction of the Moon and Saturn, and a four planet comparison (Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn).

Featuring: The ISS in front of the Moon and close to Jupiter. The Sun, Moon and Jupiter. M57 (the Ring nebula), NGC4236 (galaxy in Draco) and a wide angle shot of the nebulae in Orion.

Featuring: The summer constellations, Ophiuchus, Scorpius, Libra. The transit of Mercury. The Sun, Moon and Jupiter. M63, M104 (Sombrero galaxy) and Barnard 33 (the Horse Head nebula).

Featuring: Venus, Mars, Moon conjunction. Saturn and Jupiter. The Sun, Moon and a partial eclipse of the Sun. M27 (Dumbbell nebula), M42 (Great nebula in Orion, I like this image), M51 (Whirlpool galaxy), M64 (Black-eye galaxy), M86 and others (Markarian's Chain in the Virgo galaxy cluster), M97 and M108 together (the Owl and the Surfboard) and the Leo Triplet - M65. M66 and NGC 3628 with asteroid Myrrha. Comet Lovejoy near the Pleiades. And Noctilucent clouds - with animation!

Featuring: Jupiter and the Moon. M1 (the Crab nebula) M42 (Great nebula in Orion), the M81 and M82 galaxies together and M101

Featuring: Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS. M42 (Great nebula in Orion) and the Andromeda galaxy M31.