Five days left to Super/Blue/Full Moon
On Wednesday, January 31st there will be rare Moon event. It will be Full Moon. And it will also be third Supermoon in the row - it means it is Full…
Heart of the Heart
IC1805 Heart nebula in Cassiopeia is well known hydrogen cloud, very appreciated by astroimagers. This object is placed 6000 light years away. In…
(367) Amicitia
Amicitia is typical main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun during 3 years and 112 days in average distance of 2.22 astronomical units (about 340 mln…
NGC2683 galaxy in Lynx
NGC2683 (nickname "UFO Galaxy") was discovered by William Herschel (who else :) ) on February 5, 1788. This one is placed about 20 million light…
Into the Orion Nebula
M42 Orion Nebula is well known even for people who are not into the astronomy. M42 can be seen with naked eye, and it is probably the most often…
1321 Majuba photometry
(1321) Majuba is one of very many asteroids in the Solar System. It orbits around Sun with the period of 5 years and 21 days in the average distance…
NGC2403 galaxy
NGC2403 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Quite similar in view to famous M33 galaxy, but placed…
Messier 103
Messier 103 open cluster has been discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1781. Pierre was Charles Messier's friend and collaborator, and Charles had no…
ACF 10" and CCDT67 telecompressor
It has already been some time from first light of Meade ACF telescope and I was looking forward a clear night. And it happened, a few days after…
Meade ACF first light
After about a week from a moment my new Meade ACF tube was installed on the pier I had a chance for first light. I was not completely prepared for…