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…
Christmas Tree cluster and Cone nebula
The Christmas Tree star cluster (NGC2264) was named for its triangular shape made of young stars, that look like a tree. A bit below that cluster…
Perseus molecular cloud
Perseus molecular cloud is something that may look not attractive at the first glance. It does not contain any well-known targets, at least not the…
NGC7380 Wizard nebula
I was taught that hydrogen merged with oxygen is a highly explosive mixture, and after the explosion, the water is the outcome. But nothing like this…
NGC6823 emission nebula in Vulpecula
The Universe is full of sophisticated and extraordinary shapes made with interstellar matter. Some of them are well known – Pillars of Creation in…
Messier 1 Crab nebula expansion
Messier 1 nebula, also known as Crab, is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus. It corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by…
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…
Cassiopeia and Cepheus
As you may already know Cassiopeia was a queen of Aethiopia and wife of king Cepheus. These mythological characters were put together also in the…