XVI Zatom astroparty - spring 2018
Weather forecasts were mixed for XVI astroparty in Zatom, but despite this we had two out of three nights full of stars. Zatom is located far away…
Whale and Pup mono (and colour)
NGC4631 Whale galaxy is located in Canes Venatici constellation (Hunting Dogs). Despite its uncommon shape it is actually a barred spiral galaxy…
April 2018 Moonscapes
Last few days here in Poland were quite impressive for astronomy amateurs. Weather was good and stable in large area, and also Moon was moving from…
Forsaken clusters
NGC2394 and NGC2355 - these two open clusters are not very impressive. But they have their own stories. First one is not proved to be cluster at…
March 2018 Moonscapes
Over last two nights Moon was near to first quarter and was shining high in the night sky. I spent some very nice time at eyepiece on observations.…
M1 Crab nebula - born in 1054
M1 Crab nebula - first item in the Charles Messier catalogue. Messier was a comet hunter who created catalogue of fuzzy objects in the sky, so they…
Winter open clusters
NGC1662 and NGC2420 are two open clusters of stars. Both are present on the winter sky, and both are not very popular targets - neither visual, nor…
The Tadpoles of IC410
Among stars and interstellar matter in the Milky Way, in constellation of Auriga there is hydrogen cloud cataloged as IC410. Inside this there are…
NGC2392 Eskimo Nebula
NGC2392 is a planetary nebula in Gemini constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787, and is known as Eskimo or Clownface Nebula -…
Jupiter's moons and Moon
On frosty morning of February, 6th I have been waiting for Moon and Jupiter to climb higher in the sky. Around 6 am Moon has already been quite…
Frosty Crab
Two nights ago I pointed telescope one more time to M1 Crab nebula. Transparency was poor, but I was tempted with decent seeing. I was able to…