Cygnus Loop mosaic
There are several constellations considered autumn objects, and Cygnus is definitely one of them. And there are several popular astroimaging targets…
IC5146 Cocoon nebula with Barnard 168
It has been already ten years since I imaged the IC5146 Cocoon nebula with the neighboring Barnard 168 dark cloud for the first time. This time my…
Star Adventurer at Zatom starparty
The weather at XX star party in Zatom was generally good however, some amount of high clouds was present all the time. But it did not prevent me from…
Canon 550D astrophotography - first light
Back to the basics – it has been already eight years since I shoot astroimages with modified Canon cameras: Canon 20D and sometime later Canon…
Cygnus Wall and Lagoon in color
Not so long time ago two entries preseting monochromatic hydrogen alpha images appeared at my blog. These were Cygnus Wall in NGC7000 and Lagoon and…
Cygnus Wall in NGC7000
NGC7000 is a well known emission nebula in Cygnus, close to prominent Deneb star. Whole NGC7000 North America is large cloud of interstellar matter…
NGC7086 open cluster in Cygnus
Despite the fact, that NGC7086 is an open cluster in frequently visited and popular part in the sky, it is not often imaged. NGC7086 lies about…
IC1318 - looking forward to autumn
White nights is almost here. Currently there is less than two hours of complete darkness, and it will be worse. At my northern latitude I need to…
The Fox Head
NGC6819 Fox Head is a remote star open cluster in Cygnus constellation, nearby Lyra. This one is about 7200 light years away and contains not so…
Cocoon and friends
First look at this frame will be definitely attracted to well known Cocoon nebula (IC5146) that is both emission HII region but also reflective…
Crescent and Soap Bubble
At the end of August I collected some more light to extreme classic - NGC6888 Crescent nebula in Cygnus. It is emission nebula placed about 5000…