California Nebula
The California Nebula lies in the constellation Perseus, approximately 1,000–1,500 light-years away from Earth. Spanning nearly 2.5 degrees across…
Rosette Nebula with 80mm refractor
The Rosette Nebula is a fantastic astrophotography target for most amateur setups. Smaller rigs can capture it in the rich context of Milky Way…
IC2177 Seagull Nebula
IC2177 Seagull Nebula is lurking in the southern outskirts of the constellation of Monoceros, close to the border with the Canis Major constellation.…
Narrowband filters for color cameras: L-eXtreme
Narrowband filters have become amateur astronomy friends a long time ago. They are useful both for visual observations and for astrophotography.…
Autumn Cepheus and Cygnus nebulae
The transition from summer to autumn in the northern hemisphere creates a convenient opportunity for observation of the Milky Way. It shines high in…
Gamma Cygni nebula - Cygnus heart
Cygnus constellation is located in the Milky Way band – actually, it is located in the most prominent Milky Way part visible from the northern…
NGC6820 nebula and NGC6823 cluster
NGC6820 is an emission nebula in the constellation of Vulpecula. That is part of a significantly larger nebula Sharpless 2-86. According to some…
Sh2-132 Lion nebula
Autumn is a perfect time for collecting astrophotographic data on emission nebulae, which spread across different places in the northern sky. One of…
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…
Sh2-171 aka NGC7822 emission nebula
NGC7822 star-forming complex in the constellation Cepheus is located about 3,000 light-years away from us. It contains Berkeley 59 star open cluster…
IC1805 Heart nebula
There are more and less known objects in the sky, and one of the measures of popularity is the target’s number of names and symbols. The IC1805…
Tadpoles and Flaming Star nebulae
Flaming Star (IC405) and Tadpoles (IC410) nebulae are well-known objects in the constellation of Auriga. Both are emission nebula types, and their…