NGC7822 star nursery
There are many hidden astrophoto treasures in the constellation of Cepheus (although not so many for visual observations). One of them is nebulosity…
Andromeda by the way
Andromeda Galaxy (aka M31 or NGC224) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light years away from Earth. It is the nearest spiral galaxy to our…
Incandescent Crescent
Crescent Moon is an easy target for any stargazer. However not many know that we have another crescent in the sky. This one is well hidden in…
Atik power hunger
Atik 383L+ is for sure great bang for the buck camera - large KAF8300 sensor with over 8 million pixels, quite sensitive (about 55% peak QE and 45%…
To catch a cosmic ray
Cosmic rays are very high energy particles that penetrate Earth atmosphere and sometimes even reach the surface. High energy means much, much higher…
Floating in the hydrogen sea II
About a month ago I wrote a blog entry with NGC6914 nebula floating in the hydrogen see - Floating in the hydrogen sea . And I just wanted to make…
Atik is here
DSLR has been eventually replaced with dedicated astro camera - Atik 383L+. This one is equipped with monochrome Kodak sensor KAF-8300 with 5.4um…