Yet another starfield

Yesterday between dusk and astronomical night I shot a few warm up frames. One of them was Messier 71 globular cluster in Sagitta constellation. It…


Too many stars

Last night I caught a few almost cloudless moments, and was able to collect first frames using TS130 refractor with 0.79x reducer. The proper…


Barnard in red

Edward Emerson Barnard was an American astronomer. Among many astronomy activities he was also pioneering astrophotographer. He cataloged a series of…


The hen's beak

Somewhere around 430 light years away in constellation of Cygnus there is an Albireo star. When you look at it with binoculars or larger instrument…


Sharpless 112

In astrophotography noone cares about sharpless pictures. However one of the astronomy catalogs is called Sharpless - it was published by the US…


Billions and billions

There is great amount of galaxies in the Canes Venatici constellation, but NGC4395 spiral galaxy is for example rare catch. Probably due to its low…


Berenice Marathon - completed

Three April nights, just single 10 minutes shots


Red jelly

IC443 nebula is also known as Jellyfish Nebula. It is supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Gemini placed about 5000 light years away. The…


Edwin Coddington visits Great Bear

IC2574 dwarf galaxy is a member of M81 Group. It has been discovered in 1898 by Edwin Coddington so it is also known as Coddington Nebula. Total…


Birthday Triplet

The frame below is built around galaxy triplet in Leo. There are actually a few galaxy triplets in Leo, the brightest galaxy in this one is M105…


Orion the Hunter

Probably many of you heard and saw Orion Nebula - there is not much to add in this area actually. I also wanted to have it pictured, but last year…


Draco dwarf galaxy

Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy discovered in 1954 on photographic plates of Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). It is a part of Local Group of…