Lesser-known space around NGC6791
There is whole lot of famous astroimaging targets in the Milky Way around Cygnus. NGC6791 open cluster is not one them. It is rarely imaged and…
Messier 46 and two bubbles
Messier 46 is an open cluster in Puppis constellation. It is pretty low above horizon at my location, so I needed to wait for convenient moment to…
Stars among stars
Short summer nights plus half full Moon are not a good candidates for deep sky imaging. Spring galaxies requires much exposure time, and narrowband…
Messier 48 in Hydra
Imaging targets below celestial equator is kind-of problem at my backyard. Down to declination -10 it is fairly easy, but below -10 I have many…
Double youngsters
Double open cluster in Perseus is an object I like to get back. It is well known northern sky gem, visible with naked eye and in all sorts of…
Tadpoles in IC410
Tadpoles are twisted trails of interstellar matter in the IC410 hydrogen cloud. In the same moment these are must have in every astrophotographer…
Messier 35
Almost two years ago I made some wide field pictures, and caught in the same time Messier 35 open cluster. This time M35 and its tiny neighbour…
Rosette one more time
I pictured NGC2244 Rosette nebula almost three years ago. It was 6" newtonian then and CCD camera. A few days ago again it came to my field of view -…
Cepheus star nursery
NGC7822 is star-gas-dust cloud in Cepheus constellation. As you probably already know these are perfect conditions for star forming, and that is also…
QHY163M fine tuning with haze
Yesterday out of nowhere some stars stroke me after cloudy day. But the joy was short-lived, soon humidity reached 99% and some haze came out.…
Enchanting hydrogen
Today's gem nickname is Wizard, due to its shape that resembles medieval magician. The official Wizard nebula symbol is Sh2-142 at Sharpless…