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…
IC1795 Fish Head
This year January was a really cloudy time. That's why I was even more surprised by sudden clear night that occurred on January, 19th. Conditions…
NGC281 Pacman explored
I already captured this well known nebula over four years ago. This time I wanted to go a little bit deeper to interesting interior of NGC281 Pacman…
Narrowband colours
If you are an astroimaging amateur and capturing narrowband frames, you probably already needed to make a decision - how to compose all these…
IC1396, Elephant Trunk and Garnet Star
This one is another holiday wide field capture. IC1396 Elephant Trunk nebula was the same kind of problem for me as California nebula - it never fit…
Dust in California NGC1499
NGC1499 California emission nebula is so (apparently) large, that it did not fit to any field of view of my "large" imaging setups. So I decided to…
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…