Vulpecula and Albireo area annotated

Dark nebulae in Vulpecula

The southern part of the Cygnus constellation is not as well known and not as often imaged as its northern area. But this is a place, where famous…


XV astroparty in Zatom

Milky Way at XV starparty in Zatom. Photo by pawelsky at forumastronomiczne.pl Autumn equinox happened for me during XV astroparty in Zatom.…


NGC7000 wide field rich field

A few nights ago clouds went out somewhere for some time, and despite of almost full Moon I decided to catch some light. I quickly placed wide field…


E.E. Barnard meets Beverly Lynds

Another piece of Milky Way stars and dusts. There are several non-stellar objects in the picture below. Barnard 361 is main dark nebula in the frame…


LBN vs LDN

One letter makes difference :) LBN stands for Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae, and LDN is Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae. Both have been…


Stars overflow

Palomar catalogue is a set of fifteen globular clusters discovered during POSS program. Few of them are pretty obscured with Milky Way dusts, and one…


Cocooned with interstellar medium

Three years ago using Canon DSLR and newtonian telescope I pictured Cocoon nebula . At last star party in Zatom I decided to get back to this…


Indian summer

Indian summer, so the summer welcomes autumn in the sky.  Probably the last sunny week before it will get cold, and autumn fogs will envelop my…