Imperfect Sun
AR12546 is the symbol of sunspot group (Active Region) that has been passing over sun disk since one week. It is pretty huge and can be spotted…
ASI290MM - hot stuff
It's been already over one week since ASI290MM camera arrived to me directly from Shangai. It is a new ASI product, very low noise, 2.13Mpx back…
Moonwalk May 14-15
First Moon lights of ASI290MM camera with SCT8" - getting used to the new gear and preparing for mosaic. Filters Baader R610nm and Baader IR pass…
Whale plays hockey again...
It's already been three years when I pictured the same galaxies with Atik314 camera Whale plays hockey . Now a little larger sensor, a little bit…
Whole bunch of stars
M92 globular cluster has been discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1777. He wrote then: "A nebula. More or less round with pale glow. On this…
Butterfly drama in Zatom
Here is 4h of LRGB frames I have made in Zatom at spring Star Party. Unfortunately I had tilted focuser when exposing G and B channels and it was…
AR2529 Heart Sunspot
Last Sunday morning I was eventually able to picture this large group AR2529 again. Last time it was just appearing at the Sun edge: Zatom planetary…
Messier 48 lost-and-found
Messier 48 is a star open cluster in the constellation of Hydra. It spans over almost one degree in the sky and contains about 80 stars placed about…
Planetary newbie (PuWe 1)
Well, not newbie as "young", but rather "recently discovered". PuWe 1 (PNG 158.9 + 17.8) is a pretty large (about 20 arc minutes diameter) planetary…
Moonwalk - lunation 6.5
Almost two years ago there was similar moonwalk with lunation 7.1. Now a little bit earlier, similar objects, but different setup - 8 inches SCT with…
Messier number 3
M3 is a globular star cluster in constellation of Canes Venatici. It is an impressive one, only a little bit smaller than well known M13 in Hercules.…
Zatom planetary
At 12th Star Party in Zatom I made a few first lights of 8" cat from Celestron. Tried to collimate it as good as possible, and here we are: