Tag: cygnus
Cocoon and friends
First look at this frame will be definitely attracted to well known Cocoon nebula (IC5146) that is both emission HII region but also reflective nebula. This nebulosity surrounds star cluster Collinder... Read More
Crescent and Soap Bubble
At the end of August I collected some more light to extreme classic – NGC6888 Crescent nebula in Cygnus. It is emission nebula placed about 5000 light years away that has been formed from massiv... Read More
Barnards more and less obscured
Barnard 352 (larger) and 353 (smaller and less dense) are two dust clouds in the Cygnus constellation. Framed region is at the northern part of well known NGC7000 nebula. Not much else to see here exc... Read More
NGC7000 wide field rich field
A few nights ago clouds went out somewhere for some time, and despite of almost full Moon I decided to catch some light. I quickly placed wide field setup outside and pointed it to Cygnus again. This ... Read More
Supergiant star in Cygnus Heart
Nights in July are short, and long time deep sky exposures must be split into several days to achieve decent result with many-hours images. However with fast lens it is possible to fairly quickly coll... Read More
Barnard 145
Last year in late summer I started to image dark nebula from Barnard catalogue. And I felt in love with them quickly. Emission nebulae shapes are maybe more interesting, but this dust clouds that make... Read More
QHY163M fine tuning side effects
Well, nothing really happened fortunately 🙂 “Side effects” here means only one more target that I was able to picture last night, when I have been adjusting flattener distance. It... Read More