Dark Nebulae
vdB 9, vdB 7 and The Helping Hand
Two very nice reflection nebulae in constellation Cassiopeia embedded in dusty molecular clouds.
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Dark Nebulae
Dark Nebulae
Planetary Nebulae
NGC 40 (Caldwell 2)
NGC 40 is very small planetary nebula, also called the Bow Tie Nebula.
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Planetary Nebulae
CTA 1 (SNR G119.5+10.2), NGC 40 (Caldwell 2)
CTA 1 is a rarely imaged faint supernova remnant in constellation Cepheus about 4’600 light years from earth.
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Emission Nebulae
vdB 158, LBN 534, PK 110-12.1
vdB 158 is a reflection nebula within the large molecular cloud LBN 534 or GAL110-13 in constellation Andromeda about 1435 light years away.
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Dark Nebulae
vdB 126 (LBN 134) and several LDNs
A nice reflection nebula in constellation Vulpecula surrounded by several dark and other reflection nebula about 2720 light years away.
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Dark Nebulae
Barnard 147 et al.
Wide field in Cygnus with dark cloud Barnard 147 right in the center, the small snake-like structure pointing upwards.
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Sun
Milky Way
Milky Way with Lagoon, Trifid, Omega and Eagle Nebulae
Short nights, pretty south for my location, partly in the light pollution of Winterthur city.
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Milky Way
Milky Way Core
After a long time tried another wide field of the Milky Way from my home location.
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Sun
Sun on June 19th 2025 about 10:00 a.m. UTC
