Eleven hours with Little Fox

Vulpecula is latin name for Little Fox constellation. It is little and contains no bright stars. It is placed nearby Swan constellation in the pretty…


Bubble friends

In the border of Cepheus and Cassiopeia constellations some interesting objects can be found. The most famous is probably Bubble Nebula (NGC7635 aka…


Floating in the hydrogen sea

As already mentioned in the previous entry Swan nebulaes strikes back most nebulas are emission or reflection. Large, red hydrogen clouds are the…


Swan nebulaes strikes back

Cygnus (The Swan) constellation is filled with hydrogen clouds that are ionized and radiate massively in red light (656nm that is hydrogen alpha…


Scorched astrojuly expositions

Literally. I got rid of my cooled camera Atik 314 (small chip size) and got regular Canon 450D that is not cooled, so its matrix gets hot during…


Autumn ionisations

 Milky Way is shining high in the sky during the autumn - depending of the time you can see Cygnus, Cassiopeia or Perseus constellations above your…


Autumn swansongs

 The Cygnus constellation shines during autumn high in the sky and inside its boundaries there are plenty of interesting objects - star clusters and…