Hunt for TrES-3b exoplanet transit
Nights in June are very short in central Europe - not even three hours. Fortunately the TrES3-b exoplanet minimum lasts only about hour and on the…
Mixed location Whirlpool
160 minutes of luminance made in Zatom. 120 minutes of RGB made in Nieborowice. Some time for processing, and here it is - M51 - Whirlpool galaxy.…
Coma Cluster
It's been over three years since I pictured Abell 1656 Coma Cluster of galaxies in the astrojolo Deep Field One entry. This cluster is about 320…
Whole bunch of stars
M92 globular cluster has been discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1777. He wrote then: "A nebula. More or less round with pale glow. On this…
Butterfly drama in Zatom
Here is 4h of LRGB frames I have made in Zatom at spring Star Party. Unfortunately I had tilted focuser when exposing G and B channels and it was…
Messier 48 lost-and-found
Messier 48 is a star open cluster in the constellation of Hydra. It spans over almost one degree in the sky and contains about 80 stars placed about…
Planetary newbie (PuWe 1)
Well, not newbie as "young", but rather "recently discovered". PuWe 1 (PNG 158.9 + 17.8) is a pretty large (about 20 arc minutes diameter) planetary…
Messier number 3
M3 is a globular star cluster in constellation of Canes Venatici. It is an impressive one, only a little bit smaller than well known M13 in Hercules.…
Kite in the sky
NGC1664 Kite is a star open cluster you can find in Auriga constellation. This one is about 3700 light years away and apparently it is visible in the…
Medusa in stars
Abell 21 - that's how Medusa Nebula is named in the planetary nebulae catalog created by George O. Abell. It is quite old nebula, already pretty…
Open cluster trio (astrosclerosis)
I was a little bit busy during the night of December, 30th and I have been looking for quick 2-3h frame. The M38 cluster in Auriga and its…
C/2013 in Pegasus
Comet C/2013 PanSTARRS is currently travelling across Pegasus constellation. It is approaching to the Sun to reach perihelion in April, 2016, and it…